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VS Communicator 3 Updates
This document contains information on the latest version of VS Communicator 3. The information is grouped by release, with the most recent version listed first.
Some of the updates may not apply to all three editions of the products (Pro, Standard and On-Screen).
Refer to each item in the list for information about this.
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![]() Version 3.32
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| Release date: May 4, 2007. |
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Added example display for Tira Remote.
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Added commands for reading current Sentence and Paragraph.
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Added commands for traversing one Sentence right or left and one Paragraph up or down.
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Support for Nokia 6131 and Enfora GSM0110 telephones added.
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Added Messagebox stating that Pin Control must be disabled on SIM-card.
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A new option in the Folder dialog under the Email Settings dialog lets you purge one of your folders.
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You can now specify ports for your POP and SMTP servers.
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You can now open attachments in their assoisated programs through the Email.OpenAttachment command.
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Added CapsLock and Shift commands for use with TextStorage and SendText commands.
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US English dictionaries added to installation of all languages.
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New menu item: Online Resources.
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Added support for Spanish characters.
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Added support for Icelandic characters.
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Installations will now correctly unistall another version residing on the computer.
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Fixed some text placement issues in Norwegian dialogs.
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Changed visibility of Text Files Commands. They are now hidden.
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Changed functionality so Word Prediction now changes the capitalization if the selected prediction has different capitalization.
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The SendHotkey command does now also work with the numerical keyboard.
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Added dialogs for commands: Phrase.RegisterPhrase and Phrase.RegisterPhraseListButton.
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Added commands: Phrase.SelectPhrase, Phrase.DeletePhrase amd Phrase.NewPhraseFromTextStorage.
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Added possibility to move contacts up and down in the Contact dialog.
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Updated some strings in the German translation
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Updated the German Help file and User’s Guide to reflect the minor changes to the German translation.
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TextStorage.WriteText, TextStorage.WriteButtonText and TextStorage.RegisterTextStorage now visible in simple view.
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Changes TextStorage.PreserveMessge to also remember active textstorage when changing display.
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Fixed problem with dissappearing activation.
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Fixed problem with command PlaySound and setting Wait until Finished.
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Fixed bug with third optional Switch in Scan Method "Two-Switch Step Scan"
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Fixed problem with Danish, Swedish and Dutch installations wich did not install all necessary fonts.
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Fixed problem with "New message received notify sound" that appears in verison 3.31.
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Fix for some telephones that did not hang up properly with the HangUp Command.
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Fixed a problem in Text Files that caused ‘,’ to be replaced with newline.
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Fixed a problem in TextStorage.OpenTextFile that caused ‘,’ to be replaced with newline.
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Fixed a problem when using ShutDownComputer command caused settings to be lost.
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Fixed wrong translation of Call with Cell Phone panel Some of the statuspictures in the Dutch translation had wrong names.
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Fixed an inconsistency in the following displays of the Swedish version of Communicator ; "Enkel Scan" and "Standard Scan". The scan groups in the first coloumn of the keybarod do now have 5 buttons instead of 6.
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Fixed an inconsistency in the following displays of the German version of Communicator ; "Einfaches Scan" and "Standard Scan". The scan groups in the first coloumn of the keybarod do now have 5 buttons instead of 6.
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Fixed a problem with SendHotKey command that caused Ctrl, Shift, Alt, AltGr to be pressed but not released when a modifer key was selected but no regular key.
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Fixed a problem with the NextWindow command: The command may not always be inserted correctly,
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Fixed an error in TextMessaging that caused an error message to appear when an e-mail could not be sent and "Ask the user to keep the messages in the outbox" was selected.
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Fixed problem with some telephone could not receive messages before a message was sendt.
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Fixed a problem with Abbreviation Expansion when the abbreviation was the first word of the Expansion.
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![]() Version 3.31
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| Release date: September 19, 2006. |
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Added command SendHotKey that enables you to trigger global hotkeys defined in other applications. |
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Added new command SetInputMethod that allows the user to change the Input Method. |
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Added new command SetScanInterval that allows the user to change the scan interval time. |
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Added new command CopyText for copying object text into clipboard. |
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Added new command BringWindowToFront that can bring a window with a specified text in the title bar to the front in Windows. This command can be used for instance if you want to send keystrokes to a specific window. |
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Added support for highlighting and magnification of button when used with MyTobii. |
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Improved SD Pro import feature. Text and pictures are now put directly on the button, instead of added as a separate object on top of the button. |
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Improved SD Pro import for the commands Change Board, Picture Button, Picture Sound and Picture Speech. |
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Updated information in User's Guide and help file. |
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Improved several phone call features for the Sierra Aircard. |
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Added support for logging communication with e-mail servers. This can be useful to solve possible problems. |
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Several minor improvements for the e-mail features. |
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Minor improvements in some displays. |
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Improved the command RunProgram so that you can specify parameters and starting directory. |
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Improved support for text messaging with Sony Ericsson K750. |
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Fixed problem with magnification of highlighted button that was introduced in version 3.30. |
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Fixed problem with assigned keystroke that happens when you go from one display to another. |
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Fixed problem with the Cancel button in the Send/Receive e-mail dialog. |
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Fixed problem related to restoring deleted e-mails. |
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Fixed a problem with the Import Contacts feature for Text Messaging. |
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Fixed minor problem with Ignore-time after button selection. |
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![]() Version 3.30
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| Release date: March 25, 2006. |
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Ability to import Boardmaker and Speaking Dynamically Pro files. |
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Support for "Read As You Type" functionality, which makes the program read sentences, words or sentences as you write. |
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Added three new american high-quality voices; Laura, Kenny and Nelly. Both Kenny and Nelly are children's voices. |
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New verb conjugation feature that makes it possible to write a verb and conjugate it to other tenses. |
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Added support for assigning a keystroke to a button on a page, which creates a click on the button whenever this key is pressed. |
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Three new touch screen settings for better selection for touch screen users. |
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Two new scan settings for selecting how many times to repeat scan before pause. |
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New game displays where the user searches for matching pairs. |
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Support for scan groups with multiple levels, which makes it possible to create more efficient scan groups. |
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Improved support for variables that allow for creation of pages with for instance grammar features. |
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Added GSM network availability to the displays Call with Cell Phone. |
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Improved undo/redo feature so that much less memory is used when editing large displays. |
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Improved MyTobii support makes VS Communicator appear automatically on the MyTobii desktop. |
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Fixed script on some buttons with wrong navigation path in Call with Cell Phone displays. |
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Fixed error with some e-mails with embedded pictures when viewing the pictures as attachments. |
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![]() Version 3.20
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| Release date: January 12, 2006. |
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Added support for calling with cell phone. |
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Added support for the infrared sender Tira2.1. |
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Support for multiple lists of phrases, where each phrase list can be given a name. Makes it possible to categorize your phrases. |
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Added support for alternative synthesized speech pronounciation, i.e. specific words or phrases can be given a new pronounciation by entering an alternative text. |
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Added "Skip this page next time" possibility to the welcome page of the Edit Button Wizard. |
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Improved message box in run view with bigger text and buttons. |
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Added commands TextStorage.PreserveMessage and PictureBuffer.PreserveMessage that preserves the text storage or picture buffer content when opening another display. |
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Improved support for Gewa units, especially Gewa PROGress Micro USB and Gewa PROGress Star USB. |
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Fixed problem in search for the switch box VS P-Box on some computers. |
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Improved placement of toolbars in Setup View fixes problem that caused parts of the toolbar to disappear on the right side of the window. |
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Fixed problem that could cause program to hang if the window was minimized and a message box was shown. |
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Fixed several small problems with the Sony Ericsson GC79 GSM pc card, for instance sending of long text messages in areas with slow GSM networks. |
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Improved stability with some cell phones. |
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Improved reading of some HTML e-mails. |
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Fixed deleting problem for My Text Files displays. |
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Fixed a problem when editing a phrase in Edit Phrases display. |
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![]() Version 3.14
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| Release date: August 25, 2005. |
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VS Communicator now supports MyTobii eye control system. Please check if you have to update the software that comes with MyTobii if you received MyTobii before October 2005. |
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Changed product name from Viking Communicator into VS Communicator. Another company has claimed rights for the trademark Viking in product names, and we have therefore changed the product name into VS Communicator. |
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Only one instance of VS Communicator can now run at once. |
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Tech/Sym Series II and Series III is now included. |
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Improved updating of screen lower CPU load significantly. |
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Several improvements for synthesized speech. This fix applies to all SAPI5 voices (for instance Microsoft Sam), and also Babel voices Ryan and Heather in special cases. |
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![]() Version 3.12
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| Release date: July 29, 2005. |
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Improved response time when trying to pronounce text with synthesized speech. |
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Fixed problem that occurred when using a Babel synthetic voice, then using another voice, and then selecting the same Babel voice again. |
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Fixed problem that occurred when searching for pictures, and there where more than 32000 pictures in the picture libraries. |
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![]() Version 3.11
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| Release date: July 19, 2005. |
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Displays are shown in alphabetically order in View Ready-made Displays and Set up Communicator for an End-User. |
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Updated some texts in the AT Ease displays that comes with the PCS Metafiles Deluxe Symbol Pack. |
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Equal picture libraries will now be merged into one picture library. |
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Fixed rare problem where pictures got exchanged when changing display, and buttons with pictures where on the clipboard. |
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![]() Version 3.10
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| Release date: June 14, 2005. |
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High-quality synthesized speech voice is bundled with the program. When installing, select between the voices Heather and Ryan created by Acapela Group, Babel-Infovox AB. |
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AppScan feature added, which gives scan users full access to do mouse operations in other programs in Windows. |
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More ready-made displays are available. The PCS Metafiles Deluxe Symbol Pack may now be purchased together with the software. Included is also AT Ease, 7 high-quality PCS picture-based communication displays created by K&K. |
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My Text Files: New displays added for loading and saving text from and to text files. This makes it possible for the user to save written text, and easily find it any time later. |
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Improved feature when using input method mouse dwell. After a click has been done, a rectangle is drawn to show which area the mouse cursor needs to leave before a new click can be done. |
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Speed of synthesized speech can be modified. |
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E-mail: Better displaying of some incoming HTML e-mails. |
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Several displays have been improved with speak symbols and stop speaking symbols. |
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Commands for copying and pasting text in the text storage to and from the clipboard added. |
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E-mail: Embedded images in incoming messages sometimes didn't appear as attachments when sent from some SMTP servers. |
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E-mail: Possibility to re-send e-mails added to the Complete e-mail displays. |
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Problem with command TextStorage.SetStorageLocation made it impossible to change storage location. |
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![]() Version 3.05
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| Release date: January 25, 2005. |
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The buttons in the standard messagebox is now scanned with a red frame (by default), which makes it easier to see which button is scanned for the user. |
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Scanning of buttons in display is now stopped when a messagebox is shown, since buttons in the messagebox should be scanned until the messagebox is closed. |
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Commands for copying and pasting text between Communicator and Windows clipboard added. |
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Text Messaging: Incoming messages with unsupported format were sometimes by mistake displayed twice in inbox, and is now only displayed once. |
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Text Messaging: Possible error on some machines when several messageboxes where displayed is fixed. |
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Unknown contact picture had too high resolution, and could slow down scanning on some machines. |
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![]() Version 3.04
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| Release date: November 29, 2004. |
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Auto Correct settings: Auto Correct now works when writing internally in Communicator. |
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Complete e-mail displays: When pressing the message area, the message is read with synthesized speech. |
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E-mail and Text Messaging: A unknown contact picture is now displayed when receiving a message from a contact that is not in My Contacts. |
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E-mail and Text Messaging: When opening an e-mail or text messaging display, there is now a welcome message. |
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Text Messaging: Selected messages can now be scrolled. |
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Picture Search: Only the first 1000 hits in a search is displayed, which makes displaying the search result faster when using picture libraries with many pictures. |
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Auto Correct: When the setting "Add space after period and comma" is on, it is hard to write web page addresses. Therefore this setting is ignored when writing in the address line of Internet Explorer. |
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Pictures doesn't always fit in the Search in Picture Libraries dialog. |
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Hold to Advance scan method: Switch 2 was described in the scan method, but didn't work in version 3.03. Switch 2 has now been removed from the description. |
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Complete e-mail displays: When pressing period, question mark or exclamation in step three (Write Message), the page for capital letters in step two (Write Subject) is opened. The page for capital letters in step three now opens. |
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Complete e-mail and text messaging: When writing long messages, the text is now wrapped at the end of the line. In previous versions the text disappeared out of the text area on the end of the first line. |
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Prediction Settings: None working help button removed. |
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GEWA Prog III: When trying to send a GEWA signal and no COM port has been selected, a message says that a COM port for the GEWA unit has not been selected. |
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Text Messaging: When searching for a mobile phone, sometimes the wrong COM port was selected after the search. The correct COM port should be selected now. |
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Picture Libraries: The order of the picture libraries sometimes was wrong. The order is now consistent. |
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Deactivation: When cancelling the deactivation, the serial number is not anymore erased. |
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![]() Version 3.03
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| Release date: November 11, 2004. |
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Audible cue improved: Each button can be given a separate text for audible cue independent of the message text. |
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New scan method: Hold to Advance with Timeout |
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New scan method: Two-Switch Hold to Advance |
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New scan method: Two-Switch Step Scan |
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Search in Picture libraries optimized. Pictures are cached, making the search speed faster. |
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Three more instructional videos added to the Welcome Display/Setup Wizard. |
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User's Guide available from the program menu. |
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HTML Help available from the program menu. |
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Directed audible cue now applies to both scan groups and buttons on a page. |
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Selected displays sometimes appear to be unchecked in Step 1 in the Setup Wizard. |
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Search for Pictures dialog shows up behind Edit Button Wizard. |
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Scan highlighting does not entirely match audible cue sounds. |
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Text Messaging: Crash occurs upon closing the Search for Cell Phone dialog. |
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Audible cue with fast scanning yields problem with synthesized speech. |
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Wordprediction keystrokes picked up by Communicator. |
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Wrong command description shown on Text Storage tab in Edit Script dialog. |
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The Welcome Display shortcut on the start menu doesn't work. |
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![]() Version 3.02
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| Release date: October 4, 2004. |
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New scan method: Step Scan with Timeout |
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Background-picture property for a page |
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Audible cue speaks after a button is clicked on touch screen
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Switch 1 and 2 has been changed in manual scanning
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Dwell click after leaving window with mouse cursor
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Must click switch to restart scan
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Start menu is in front of Communicator when in full screen. |
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Button selected too fast with Mouse Dwell. |
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Automatic scanning doesn't start automatically when using mouse-controlled scan. |
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Text Messaging: Command TextMessaging.SpeakSelectedMessage results in messagebox critictal overflow. |
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Text Messaging: Messages get wrong received date (12/12/1899) in English version. |
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In the bathroom: Wrong Scan order. |
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![]() Version 3.01
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| Release date: September 20, 2004. |
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Possible to write into message area using a regular keyboard. |
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Scan groups with no visible buttons should are now skipped. |
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During scanning, images of light bulbs appear instead of standard colors. |
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Scan keys reset when changing scan method. |
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Cutting of text on buttons does not work in Windows 98
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Menu items for Settings for plug-in missing in run view
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Cannot close Evaluation dialog at startup
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Voxit Macaw is not available/supported
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Menu items on Pages Toolbox context-menu is disabled
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Editing phrases in My Phrases Dialog doesn't work |
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Command GotoDisplay has *.flx file filter |
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Sound Recorder Wizard: Functionality loss after closing the wizard when recording |
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Color palette files is uninstalled |
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Norwegian text appears in english version "Vil du lagre display1" |
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