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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Sales Contact: Otis Wilson, Inside Sales

Media Contact: Brad Davis
Blind/Low Vision Group
800-444-4443 or 727-803-8000
www.FreedomScientific.com

JAWS 7.0 is Shipping to New Purchasers and SMA Holders

(St. Petersburg, Florida, October 14, 2005) – JAWS® for Windows® 7.0 English release, has been posted to the Freedom Scientific Web site and is now shipping. All single and multi-user Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA) holders will receive the upgrade by the first week of November 2005 at the latest

JAWS 7.0 is filled with new, innovative features designed
to make screen reading simpler yet more flexible for users at home, work, and in educational settings. Some of the top features are:

  • Additional new, free DAISY training modules
  • Navigation quick keys are now available in Microsoft Word in addition to Internet Explorer
  • New FSClipboard allows you to append multiple selections to the standard Windows Clipboard
  • The ability to create custom summaries in Excel, giving quick access to the most important user defined cells
  • Document Presentation Mode for viewing tables, exactly the way they appear on the screen in HTML and PDF documents, in speech and braille

See the full list of new features on the What’s New in JAWS 7.0 Web page.

Users will not want to miss JAWS 7.0 on Main Menu, a weekly one-hour technology program produced by ACB Radio, this Tuesday, October 18, at 9:00 PM eastern. Eric Damery, Vice President, Product Management Software for Freedom Scientific will discuss all the exciting new features found in this upgrade. For those who can’t listen on Tuesday, the program will be replayed every two hours on Wednesday October 19 and will then be made available on demand.

“JAWS 7.0 continues to go beyond accessibility and has focused on features and functions that increase the usability of Windows applications,” says Damery. “Users will be excited and impressed with the numerous innovations found in this year’s upgrade.”

Current SMA holders can check the status of their SMA by visiting www.FSActivate.com and entering their JAWS serial number.

Those who wish to purchase an upgrade to JAWS 7.0 or renew an SMA may contact Freedom Scientific Sales or their local authorized dealer.

About Freedom Scientific
Freedom Scientific is the world's leading manufacturer of assistive technology products for those who are blind and vision impaired and products for the special education and learning disability markets.

Freedom Scientific® and JAWS® are trademarks or registered trademarks in the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.


 
 
 

 


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