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It also allows users to create custom Scripts which can alter the amount and type of information which is presented for different applications, and ultimately make programs which were not designed for accessibility compatibility (ie, by not using standard Windows controls) usable with JAWS. HISTORY JAWS was originally released in 1989 by Ted Henter , who founded the ''Henter-Joyce Corporation'' to produce and market it. Later, Henter-Joyce, Blazie Engineering, and Arkenstone, Inc. merged to form Freedom Scientific. JAWS was originally created for the MS-DOS Operating System . It was one of several screen readers giving blind users access to text-mode DOS applications. Freedom Scientific now offer JAWS for DOS as a Freeware download from their web site. During the 1990s , when Microsoft Windows became more popular, a new program called JAWS for Windows (JFW) was created. JFW version 1.0 was released in 1993 . Currently a new revision of JAWS for Windows is released about twice a year. The newest version, JFW 7.0, was released in October 2005. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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