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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Repost from Braille-n-Teach list<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Sue Sweetman <<a href="mailto:sue@sweetmansystems.com">sue@sweetmansystems.com</a>> [<a href="mailto:braille-n-teach@mlist.cde.ca.gov">mailto:braille-n-teach@mlist.cde.ca.gov</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 17, 2017 10:33 AM<br><b>Subject:</b> [braille-n-teach] Windows 10 Users: Important Freedom Scientific (VFO) Software Updates posted for JAWS, MAGic, and ZoomText<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This is a little verbose, but stick with me for a few minutes…If you are using Windows 10, here’s some important information :)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Freedom Scientific and VFO recently posted updates for the following software releases:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>JAWS 18<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>JAWS 17<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>JAWS 16<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>MAGic 14<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>MAGic 13.1<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ZoomText 11<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>When you go to the “About” box in the JAWS or MAGic Help Menus, you will see the “build” number of the version that you are running. In order to work properly with the April Windows 10 update, it should say one of the following:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>JAWS 18.0.2530<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>JAWS 17.0.2729<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>JAWS 16.0.4474<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>MAGic 14.0.110<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>MAGic 13.1.1217<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ZoomText 11.2<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you do not have admin rights on your computers that are running JAWS and MAGic, you probably won’t get the Windows updates, so the issue won’t be apparent right away. However, when the Windows updates *<b>do</b>* install, for example if your IT folks install updates over the summer break, you may see the issues described below if your JAWS, MAGic, and ZoomText are not also up to date.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you have Windows 10…now might be a good time for your students to use their ECC cookie-baking skills to butter up your IT guy (or gal) and see if they wouldn’t mind joining you for a few minutes (or maybe a little longer) to update your JAWS, MAGic, ZoomText, and Windows.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>There may be negative results if you do not update your JAWS, MAGic, or ZoomText software before updating to the Windows 10 April update. If you do not update your VFO software prior to the Microsoft update, especially JAWS users who rely on speech or Braille, you will either need to use Narrator, another screen reader or have sighted assistance to update your VFO software.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>These updates were released because FS identified with Microsoft, an issue that impacts our users coming up in the next Windows 10 OS update (scheduled to occur by April 2017 timeframe). It is important that customers who are using Windows 10 and getting all its<span style='color:red'> </span>updates, upgrade our software prior to that major update of Win 10. Please note that if you are using JAWS 18, and are up<span style='color:red'> </span>to date with the February Update, the issue was already addressed. If you still use 17 on that computer, the 17 would still need to be updated even though 18 already was previously. Failing to update, could result with issues on the login screens and reading the start menu with Windows 10. Anyone using Win 7 or 8, can still get the update, but it should only be necessary if they plan to update their OS to 10 in the future, on that machine.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Customers of these products who get auto updates, will be notified through our auto process the next time they restart effective last week for JAWS and MAGic users, and yesterday for ZoomText users. Those customers and products without auto updates, will need to download the full build from our public facing download pages and just install over top. No need to remove the earlier builds. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Note, I have provided all the direct links below.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>While we are sorry about any inconvenience this causes ou<span style='color:red'>r</span> customers, we are pleased and thankful to our developers, testers, and especially the beta testers who use the Windows Insider Builds and help to catch these issues early enough in the process. As a result, they were able to make the changes allowing us to post the solution, before the customers have to run into the problem. In the coming week or two, we will look to get this information via FS Cast and through the various list serves to spread the word on the importance of getting all updates as they become available.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you have questions, please contact your vendor or Freedom Scientific.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>English (ENU) JAWS 17 Full Version Downloads<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="ftp://ftp.freedomscientific.com/users/hj/private/WebFiles/JAWS/172729PRC798/J17.0.2729enu-x64.exe"><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif"'>ftp://ftp.freedomscientific.com/users/hj/private/WebFiles/JAWS/172729PRC798/J17.0.2729enu-x64.exe</span></a><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#1F3864'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://files.freedomscientific.com/WebFiles/JAWS/172729PRC798/J17.0.2729enu-x64.exe"><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif"'>http://files.freedomscientific.com/WebFiles/JAWS/172729PRC798/J17.0.2729enu-x64.exe</span></a><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#1F3864'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="ftp://ftp.freedomscientific.com/users/hj/private/WebFiles/JAWS/172729PRC798/J17.0.2729enu-x86.exe"><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif"'>ftp://ftp.freedomscientific.com/users/hj/private/WebFiles/JAWS/172729PRC798/J17.0.2729enu-x86.exe</span></a><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#1F3864'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://files.freedomscientific.com/WebFiles/JAWS/172729PRC798/J17.0.2729enu-x86.exe"><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif"'>http://files.freedomscientific.com/WebFiles/JAWS/172729PRC798/J17.0.2729enu-x86.exe</span></a><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#1F3864'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>MAGic 14.0.110.400 ENU<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><a href="http://magic14.vfo.digital/0110HYOOPF/M14.0.110enu-x64.exe">http://magic14.vfo.digital/0110HYOOPF/M14.0.110enu-x64.exe</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><a href="http://magic14.vfo.digital/0110HYOOPF/M14.0.110enu-x86.exe">http://magic14.vfo.digital/0110HYOOPF/M14.0.110enu-x86.exe</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'>MAGic 13.1.1217 ENU</span></b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><a href="http://magic13.vfo.digital/1217YUIIOL/M13.1.1217enu-x64.exe">http://magic13.vfo.digital/1217YUIIOL/M13.1.1217enu-x64.exe</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><a href="http://magic13.vfo.digital/1217YUIIOL/M13.1.1217enu-x86.exe">http://magic13.vfo.digital/1217YUIIOL/M13.1.1217enu-x86.exe</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ZoomText 11<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#202020'>To get the 11.2 update, go to the ZoomText 11 toolbar, choose <strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>ZoomText (menu) > Manage License > Check for Updates</span></strong>. This will launch the update wizard and walk you through the installation. If you prefer, you can also download the full ZoomText 11.2 installer from the product updates page: <a href="http://aisquared.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=46e107c7813eb905dfd2a6938&id=a531e69a1a&e=78a546e334" target="_blank"><span style='color:#2BAADF'>https://www.zoomtext.com/help/product-updates/ </span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sue Sweetman<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sweetman Systems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(818) 893-5887<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fax: (818) 698-8199<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.sweetmansystems.com">www.sweetmansystems.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>---<o:p></o:p></p><p>You are currently subscribed to braille-n-teach as: <a href="mailto:gdietrich@htctu.net">gdietrich@htctu.net</a> .<o:p></o:p></p><p>To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to <a href="mailto:leave-braille-n-teach@mlist.cde.ca.gov">leave-braille-n-teach@mlist.cde.ca.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>