New JAWS Update (April 2020)
Barry Burgess started the business in 2002 as a Sole Trader. The business grew rapidly and in July 2003 the business became a registered company with Lynda Burgess joining as an official business partner. They started the business by working from their private residence and in 2007 Pacific Vision purchased business premises in Christchurch which they currently operate from.
Since those early days the business has expanded and we now sell products in the Australia, Philippines, Pacific Islands, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Their original goal in 2002 was to achieve a business where their clients will have confidence in their integrity and reliability. We are achieving this by providing timely service at realistic prices.
Pacific Vision is a leading provider of hardware and software for blind and sight impaired technology users. We travel the world to source the best products that support people with low vision. Everything we sell is specifically designed to improve life at work, study and home.
"We are one of the biggest companies in our field, have the widest range of products and we believe we offer you the best service and competitive pricing".
We continually search for new and innovative equipment, enabling us to offer the best choice to our customers. Customer feedback is welcome and we pass on constructive ideas to our suppliers to factor into new products and designs.
Barry Burgess started the business in 2002 as a Sole Trader. The business grew rapidly and in July 2003 the business became a registered company with Lynda Burgess joining as an official business partner. They started the business by working from their private residence and in 2007 Pacific Vision purchased business premises in Christchurch which they currently operate from. Since those early days the business has expanded and we now sell products in the Malaysia, Philippines, Pacific Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Indonesia. Their original goal in 2002 was to achieve a business where their clients will have confidence in their integrity and reliability. We are achieving this by providing timely service at realistic prices.
Pacific Vision Malaysia (PVM) was established in 2014 to diversify the range of products available to benefit the blind and sight impaired. Combining quality with the latest technology PVM offer an extensive range of CCTVs, handheld magnifiers, Braille equipment and much more. We work in partnership with renowned organisations Malaysian Association for the Blind and Malaysian Foundation for the blind in Malaysia to ensure that you get the most upto date information and equipment suitable for your specific requirements. Want to know more about Malaysian Foundation for the Blind, click here to visit their Website. For further information on the Malaysian Association for the blind, please visit https://mab.org.my/maborg/de
Pacific Vision is a leading provider of hardware and software for blind and sight impaired technology users. We travel the world to source the best products that support people with low vision. Everything we sell is specifically designed to improve life at work, study and home. "We are one of the biggest companies in our field, have the widest range of products and we believe we offer you the best service and competitive pricing". We continually search for new and innovative equipment, enabling us to offer the best choice to our customers. Customer feedback is welcome and we pass on constructive ideas to our suppliers to factor into new products and designs.
Enhancements in JAWS 2020.2004.66 (April 2020)
The following is a list of improvements made between the March 2020 release and the April 2020 update.
Announce Group Changes in Outlook 365 Message Lists
JAWS can now indicate group changes, such as dates or conversations, as you navigate through message lists. For example, if your Outlook view settings are set to show messages by date and you are navigating a folder containing messages covering multiple days, when you move to the first message in the new date group, you will hear announcements such as "today," "yesterday," "last week," or "two weeks ago." To turn on this feature, open Quick Settings (INSERT+V) while in Outlook and select the Announce Group Change in Lists check box.
New Focus Braille Display Commands for Adjusting Speech Rate
You can now use the following controls on the Focus braille display to adjust the speech rate.
- Temporarily increase speech rate: LEFT or RIGHT SHIFT+RIGHT SELECT CHORD
- Temporarily decrease speech rate: LEFT or RIGHT SHIFT+LEFT SELECT CHORD
- Permanently increase speech rate: RIGHT SELECT CHORD
- Permanently decrease speech rate: LEFT SELECT CHORD
New Dialog Box for Troubleshooting Remote Access
JAWS and Fusion now includes a new Remote Desktop dialog box to help troubleshoot remote access connection issues. It can be accessed from the Options menu in JAWS or the Support submenu in the Fusion main menu. From this dialog box, you can:
- See whether or not your Freedom Scientific software is authorized for remote access.
- Check the status for each supported remote channel (Remote Desktop, Citrix, or VMWare Horizon).
- Repair any channel that is reported to not be working.
- Test the connection between the client and server/remote computers.
Other Changes
- If Mouse Echo is enabled and you move over text with the mouse, JAWS or Fusion now only reads the current line as expected instead of reading everything on the screen.
- Book nine of the JAWS Basic Training, Surf's Up, Surfing the Internet with JAWS, an Introduction, has been updated to include links to go directly to the Surf's Up web pages. To get the latest book, select Training from the JAWS Help menu to open the Training Table of Contents in FSReader, select the link to open book nine, and then press ENTER when prompted to install the updated book.
- Added a new Quick Settings (INSERT+V) option called List Nesting Level Announcement which is off by default and available in Chrome and Edge Chromiun. Use this option to enable the announcement of nesting levels for list items in edit fields on web pages like Google Docs.
- Resolved an issue where JAWS would sometimes exit Forms Mode when pressing ENTER in some multiline edit fields.
- In response to customer feedback, disabled the announcement of inserted and deleted text on web pages.
- In Microsoft Teams, when you press CTRL+PERIOD to display Teams hot keys, the Virtual Cursor is now active so you can review the keystrokes as if you were on a web page.
- Addressed a reported issue in the retail version of Excel 2016 where JAWS would become sluggish after using Paste Special.
- Added updated braille drivers from Humanware containing performance improvements when using their line of displays with JAWS and Fusion.