JAWS 6.1 is Out!!!
JAWS 6.1 is now available. [Read about what’s new and download it](http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws610fea.asp “JAWS 6.1 Features Page”). This is a free upgrade for users of 6.0, and an upgrade I highly recommend. Sadly, I have been living a rather hermit-like existence lately in order to meet some deadlines, but as soon as I venture out, I promise to write about the new features.
—jd (aka the hermit queen)
April 8th, 2005 at 2:49 pm
Unfortunately, JAWS 6.1 broke support for MSN Messenger 6.2 and the scripts do not properly support the latest Messenger 7.0. This is quite frustrating, to say the least. The best MSN Messenger client to use with JAWS 6.1 is now Windows Messenger 5.1. More on this issue can be found on Jeff Bishop’s The Desert Skies blog found at http://www.jeffbishop.net. Please check out Blind Access Journal found at http://www.blindaccessjournal.com for a new article I posted discussing the critical need for innovation by screen reader developers to insure support for new applications and maintenance of those already supported.
April 15th, 2005 at 5:35 pm
The new build 1006 of JAWS 6.1 released this afternoon does fix many of the reported issues in the first release.