| Version |
Release date |
Significant changes |
| JFW 1.0 |
January 1995 |
First version for Windows, supported Windows 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 |
| JFW 2.0 |
About 1996 |
Added support for Windows 95
|
| JFW 4.0 |
September 14, 2001 |
- Many changes to user interface
- Optional tutor and access key help added
|
| JFW 4.5 |
August 30, 2002 |
- Quick navigation keys added to Internet Explorer, for navigating between HTML elements on a page
|
| JFW 5.0 |
October 9, 2003 |
- Many improvements with Internet support
- Speech and Sounds Manager, for indication of fonts, controls and web page elements.
|
| JFW 6.0 |
March 3, 2005 |
- Introduction of Internet licencing
- Introduction of separate user settings
- Comes with a demo of FSReader, a DAISY reader manufactured by Freedom Scientific, for reading JAWS training material
|
| JFW 7.0 |
October 14, 2005 |
- Release of thumb drive version
- Support for Mozilla Firefox among other applications
- No longer supports Windows 95
|
| JFW 7.1 |
June 21, 2006 |
- Automatic updates
- Switched to a Document Object Model engine for HTML rendering
|
| JFW 8.0 |
November 17, 2006 |
- Ships with RealSpeak Solo SAPI 5 Speech Synthesizers
- No longer supports Windows 98 or Windows ME
- Supports Windows Vista
|
| JFW 9.0 |
November 19, 2007 |
- HTML composition support
- New "adjust JAWS options" dialog box
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| JFW 10.0 |
November 3, 2008 |
- Introduction of JAWS Tandem, to allow a person using JAWS to access another computer running JAWS, much like Remote Desktop
- Support for iTunes version 8 and the iTunes Store
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| JFW 11.0 |
October 23, 2009 |
- Research It, a feature that provides quick access to information such as word definitions, weather forecasts and sports scores
- Now comes on a DVD rather than a CD
- Ships with the full version of FSReader 2.0 rather than a demo
|
| JFW 12.0 |
October 21, 2010 |
- Provides a settings center to replace the old configuration manager to easily change settings
- Allows consistent navigation of ribbons using the "virtual ribbon menu"
- Supports the ARIA specification for making webpages more accessible
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| JFW 13.0 |
October 24, 2011 |
- Provides in-built optical character recognition for graphics on the screen
- Provides a new "Quick settings" feature as a replacement for the old "Adjust JAWS options" dialog box
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| JFW 14.0 |
October 22, 2012 |
- Supports Windows 8
- Introduces Flexible Web, a feature that allows the user to hide unwanted HTML elements on webpages or to go to a particular HTML element when a page launches
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