the glorious 12th of March for new Dolphin Screen Reading and Magnification Technology

Closely steered by Dolphin's Blindness Product Manager Dave Williams, version 9 has just completed a rigorous beta test period with our international team of testers. As ever their feedback has been invaluable.

So what's new in version 9.01? Read on to find out what's in it for you.



All New Document Object Model Support
Dolphin's developers have completely re-engineered our Microsoft Internet Explorer Document Object Model (DOM) support. This major overhaul has provided superior responsiveness when browsing web pages using the Dolphin Virtual Focus. The new Microsoft Internet Explorer support improves navigational consistency and accuracy for users relying on Virtual Focus speech and/or Braille output on web pages. The new support also enhances stability on more complex and poorly written web pages.

All new Internet Explorer Quick Navigation Keys

Whilst in Interactive mode CAPS LOCK can be used in conjunction with the quick navigation hotkeys to navigate by any of the elements listed below.

Cut, Copy and Paste Announcement
Whilst in Live mode the version 9 screen reader announces text cut, copied or pasted from the Windows clipboard. Should that data be write protected version 9 will announce the failure to cut or copy text. Moving folders or files? Version 9 will also announce the number of objects you cut, copy or paste.

All new Dolphin List Utility
Version 9 offers a consolidated list of popular document elements into one handy single multi-page List Utility.

Improved Support for Office 2007 Ribbon

All New Braille Tables

This looks interesting and I'll look forward to trying it out. They also mention scripting at the CSUN show but I'm not sure if that will be included in this version.