<s>
JAWS	B-Application
(	O
"	O
Job	B-Application
Access	I-Application
With	I-Application
Speech	I-Application
"	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
computer	O
screen	O
reader	O
program	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
that	O
allows	O
blind	O
and	O
visually	O
impaired	O
users	O
to	O
read	O
the	O
screen	O
either	O
with	O
a	O
text-to-speech	B-Application
output	O
or	O
by	O
a	O
refreshable	O
Braille	O
display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JAWS	B-Application
is	O
produced	O
by	O
the	O
Blind	O
and	O
Low	O
Vision	O
Group	O
of	O
Freedom	O
Scientific	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
May	O
–	O
June	O
2021	O
screen	O
reader	O
user	O
survey	O
by	O
WebAIM	O
,	O
a	O
web	O
accessibility	O
company	O
,	O
found	O
JAWS	B-Application
to	O
be	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
screen	O
reader	O
worldwide	O
;	O
53.7	O
%	O
of	O
survey	O
participants	O
used	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
primary	O
screen	O
reader	O
,	O
while	O
70.0	O
%	O
of	O
participants	O
used	O
it	O
often	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JAWS	B-Application
supports	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
and	O
Windows	B-Application
11	I-Application
along	O
with	O
all	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	O
Server	O
released	O
since	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
2016	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
JAWS	B-Application
16	O
,	O
the	O
Home	O
edition	O
was	O
called	O
Standard	O
,	O
and	O
only	O
worked	O
on	O
home	O
Windows	B-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
,	O
sometimes	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
JDOS	O
,	O
is	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
JAWS	B-General_Concept
Scripting	I-General_Concept
Language	I-General_Concept
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
use	O
programs	O
without	O
standard	O
Windows	O
controls	O
,	O
and	O
programs	O
that	O
were	O
not	O
designed	O
for	O
accessibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JAWS	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
released	O
in	O
1989	O
by	O
Ted	O
Henter	O
,	O
a	O
former	O
motorcycle	O
racer	O
who	O
lost	O
his	O
sight	O
in	O
a	O
1978	O
automobile	O
accident	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JAWS	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
created	O
for	O
the	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
several	O
screen	O
readers	O
giving	O
blind	O
users	O
access	O
to	O
text-mode	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
feature	O
unique	O
to	O
JAWS	B-Application
at	O
the	O
time	O
was	O
its	O
use	O
of	O
cascading	O
menus	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
the	O
popular	O
Lotus	O
1-2-3	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
What	O
set	O
JAWS	B-Application
apart	O
from	O
other	O
screen	O
readers	O
of	O
the	O
era	O
was	O
its	O
use	O
of	O
macros	O
that	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
customize	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
and	O
work	O
better	O
with	O
various	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ted	O
Henter	O
and	O
Rex	O
Skipper	O
wrote	O
the	O
original	O
JAWS	B-Application
code	O
in	O
the	O
mid-1980s	O
,	O
releasing	O
version	O
2.0	O
in	O
mid-1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Freedom	O
Scientific	O
now	O
offers	O
JAWS	B-Application
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
as	O
a	O
freeware	B-License
download	O
from	O
their	O
web	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1993	O
,	O
Henter-Joyce	O
released	O
a	O
highly	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
JAWS	B-Application
for	O
people	O
with	O
learning	O
disabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1992	O
,	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
became	O
more	O
popular	O
,	O
Oppermann	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
JAWS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Test	O
and	O
beta	O
versions	O
of	O
JAWS	B-Application
for	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
(	O
JFW	O
)	O
were	O
shown	O
at	O
conferences	O
throughout	O
1993	O
and	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
afterwards	O
,	O
in	O
January	O
1995	O
,	O
JAWS	B-Application
for	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
revision	O
of	O
JAWS	B-Application
for	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
is	O
released	O
about	O
once	O
a	O
year	O
,	O
with	O
minor	O
updates	O
in	O
between	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JAWS	B-Application
allows	O
all	O
major	O
functions	O
of	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
to	O
be	O
controlled	O
with	O
keyboard	O
shortcuts	O
and	O
spoken	O
feedback	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virtually	O
every	O
aspect	O
of	O
JAWS	B-Application
can	O
be	O
customized	O
by	O
the	O
user	O
,	O
including	O
all	O
keystrokes	O
and	O
factors	O
such	O
as	O
reading	O
speed	O
,	O
granularity	O
used	O
when	O
reading	O
punctuation	O
,	O
and	O
hints	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JAWS	B-Application
also	O
includes	O
a	O
scripting	O
language	O
to	O
automate	O
tasks	O
and	O
make	O
more	O
complex	O
modifications	O
to	O
the	O
program	O
's	O
behavior	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
includes	O
a	O
distinct	O
mode	O
designed	O
specifically	O
for	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
,	O
activated	O
when	O
a	O
browser	B-Application
is	O
in	O
the	O
foreground	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
browsing	O
web	O
pages	O
,	O
JAWS	B-Application
first	O
declares	O
the	O
title	O
and	O
number	O
of	O
links	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Speech	O
can	O
be	O
stopped	O
with	O
the	O
control	B-Device
key	I-Device
,	O
lines	O
are	O
navigated	O
with	O
the	O
up/down	O
arrow	O
keys	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
tab	O
key	O
moves	O
between	O
links	O
and	O
controls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JAWS	B-Application
can	O
access	O
headings	O
in	O
Word	B-Application
and	O
PDF	O
documents	O
in	O
a	O
similar	O
fashion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
JAWS	B-Application
feature	O
set	O
and	O
its	O
configurability	O
have	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
complex	O
,	O
"	O
with	O
training	O
recommended	O
for	O
users	O
such	O
as	O
web	O
designers	O
performing	O
accessibility	O
testing	O
,	O
to	O
avoid	O
drawing	O
the	O
wrong	O
conclusions	O
from	O
such	O
testing	O
.	O
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