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1 Freedom Scientific Confidential Proprietary 1 JAWS 10 Highlights Eric Damery Vice President Software Product Management

2 Freedom Scientific Confidential Proprietary 2 Key New Features JAWS Tandem™ Auto Forms Mode Real Speak Solo “Direct Driver” Synthesizer Support for ARIA – Accessible Rich Internet Applications iTunes 8 Support DAISY Training Material available using “Check for Update” Other additional improvements Summary

3 Freedom Scientific Confidential Proprietary 3 JAWS Tandem™ Simple speech, braille, and video “remote assistance” solution  Support staff can now make house calls  JAWS users can now help friends and family  Trainers can be hands on from a distance  Script writing opportunities without the travel  Long distance trouble shooting made easy Options for use on the Internet or a Network environment  Tandem Center, Freedom Scientific hosted gateway on the web – Subscription based low cost solution – Free introductory offer available for everyone to use  Tandem Direct, safe, secure, PC to PC network solution – One time $495 ILM fee for Controller computer only – Gateway not required Listen to the September 2008 FS Cast for a demonstrationSeptember 2008 FS Cast

4 Freedom Scientific Confidential Proprietary 4 Auto Forms Mode Makes filling out forms easy in both HTML and PDF  Seamless transition between virtual and forms mode when you arrow, tab, or mouse click  No need to press enter for forms mode in order to type  Sound indications provide feedback as you navigate in and out of forms mode Navigation Quick Keys still available, even on form fields  User definable time delay option for forms mode (up to 5 seconds) Trainers find this mode easier when working with new users Experienced JAWS users love how fast it is with less keystrokes Sighted users with a mouse find it easier with JAWS running Personalized Settings (INSERT+SHIFT+V) lets you disable Auto Forms Mode for certain URLs

5 Freedom Scientific Confidential Proprietary 5 Real Speak Solo Direct Synthesizer Replaces the SAPI 5 solution that shipped with JAWS 8 and 9  Much more responsive when navigating and typing  Samples and downloads of all languages and voices now available Samples and downloads  Link to this page from the JAWS help menu under “Web Resources” Only works with Freedom Scientific products  Next update of MAGic and upgrade of OpenBook will include support  Already shipping with SARA 9.0 Can be used with 40-minute demo version also Listen to the August FS Cast for a demonstration including Real Speak and Auto Forms ModeAugust FS Cast

6 Freedom Scientific Confidential Proprietary 6 Support for ARIA Now supporting ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications)  Available for Firefox 3 and Internet Explorer 8  ARIA can be used to make Web 2.0 more accessible Live Regions  Web authors can now mark up areas that update as live regions  JAWS recognizes these regions and informs the users that they exist and if they change  Could include headlines, weather updates, etc.  User definable option to turn announcements on and off in INSERT+V options dialog Landmarks  Web author defined bookmarks as predefined navigational aids  Navigation Quick Key “semicolon” will let you skip to these  INSERT+CTRL+; will create a list of all Landmarks

7 Freedom Scientific Confidential Proprietary 7 iTunes 8 Support Out of the box access to newly released iTunes 8  Includes the iTunes store using Virtual Cursor September FS Cast demonstrates how it works September FS Cast TSN posted on how to include this support for JAWS 8 and 9 customers TSN T&T Consultancy offers an updated J-Tunes solution  Adds improved keyboard navigation  Offers better access to some areas in iTunes where accessibility has not yet been properly implemented by Apple

8 Freedom Scientific Confidential Proprietary 8 Check for Updates Includes DAISY Books English install of JAWS now includes titles of all published DAISY books for use with FS Reader Demo  Book titles followed by *, indicates it requires download The JAWS “check for updates” feature will find all Books not currently installed  User can choose any of the book titles to download  Self extracting books will automatically install to the proper location Updated titles include  Office 2007 with JAWS and MAGic  Creating Excel Forms with input messages  Updated Basic Training including the new Auto Forms Mode  What’s New demonstrating most of the new features in JAWS 10

9 Freedom Scientific Confidential Proprietary 9 Other additional improvements Updated Surf’s Up training aid for JAWS 10 and MAGic 11Surf’s Up Support for Access 2007 Dictionary Manager updated  Rules based on language, synthesizer, and voice Optional Unified English Braille (UEB) contracted braille support WindowsKey+INSERT+X will now read the contents of the Windows clipboard Windows Media Player 11 supported Updated Audible Manager support

10 Freedom Scientific Confidential Proprietary 10 Summary of Key Features JAWS Tandem Center and JAWS Tandem Direct  Improves support, training, and scripting Auto Forms Mode  Will make it easier for both new and long time users Real Speak Direct  More responsive than SAPI 5 and all the voices can be downloaded from the web  Direct voices are available for use with demo versions of JAWS

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