![]() ![]() JAWS was originally created for the MS-DOS operating system. In April 2000, Henter-Joyce, Blazie Engineering, and Arkenstone, Inc. Joyce sold his interest in the company back to Henter in 1990. In 1985, Henter, along with a US$180,000 investment from Bill Joyce, founded the Henter-Joyce Corporation in St. JAWS was originally released in 1989 by Ted Henter, a former motorcycle racer who lost his sight in a 1978 automobile accident. The JAWS Scripting Language allows the user to use programs without standard Windows controls, and programs that were not designed for accessibility. A DOS version, sometimes also known as JDOS, is free. Before JAWS 16, the Home edition was called Standard, and only worked on home Windows operating systems. There are two versions of the program: the Home edition for non-commercial use and the Professional edition for commercial environments. JAWS supports Windows 10 and Windows 11 along with all versions of Windows Server released since Windows Server 2016. JAWS is produced by the Blind and Low Vision Group of Freedom Scientific.Ī May–June 2021 screen reader user survey by WebAIM, a web accessibility company, found JAWS to be the most popular screen reader worldwide 53.7% of survey participants used it as a primary screen reader, while 70.0% of participants used it often. ![]() JAWS (" Job Access With Speech") is a computer screen reader program for Microsoft Windows that allows blind and visually impaired users to read the screen either with a text-to-speech output or by a refreshable Braille display.
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