In Microsoft Word, revisions refer to edits made to a document that are tracked and displayed using the Track Changes feature. This allows users to review, accept, or reject modifications such as insertions, deletions, and formatting changes. You can quickly review all tracked revisions using the JAWS Virtual Viewer. This is a fast way to check edits and formatting without manually searching through your document.
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When in an app such as Microsoft Word or Outlook, JAWS will announce the text (foreground) and background colors at your cursor location. Knowing text color is important when editing or proofing documents because color is often used for emphasis or comments.
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Here, Aaron Di Blasi highlights Amazon Fire TV’s new “Built for How to Watch” accessibility campaign, arguing that accessibility only helps when people can actually discover and understand the features. He points readers to the main campaign video on the Fire TV storefront plus five YouTube videos designed to be easy to watch and share, positioning the campaign as a practical shift that treats accessibility like any other mainstream feature, not a hidden, niche setting.
Leave a CommentPrior to the December 2026 update, JAWS automatically read information such as the number of regions, headings, and links on the page. This information was helpful when deciding the best way to navigate the content. Now, however, this behavior has become less helpful when navigating more modern web pages. Due to user feedback, we have disabled automatic reading by default. This keeps focus at the top for immediate use of Navigation Quick Keys and other web navigation features.
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Here, Aaron Di Blasi argues that voice-first AI is nearing an “interface shift” that could be as consequential for blind and low-vision people as the arrival of modern screen readers: instead of painstakingly navigating screen-based obstacle courses (unlabeled buttons, broken forms, CAPTCHAs, kiosk-first workflows), users could increasingly express intent through natural conversation and get outcomes directly. He defines a true “conversation partner” as fast, full-duplex voice interaction that supports interruption and redirection, plus practical layers like transcription, translation, emotional prosody, and (with camera/broadcast modes) the ability to interpret what’s on a screen or in the environment, turning accessibility from “reading interfaces” into “conversing with systems.”
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Here, Aaron Di Blasi, PR Director for AT-Newswire and publisher of Top Tech Tidbits and Access Information News, explains that the Persons with Disabilities (PWD) Media Distribution Co-op is a collaboration of blind/low-vision and broader disability community leaders, businesses, and organizations that share their verified social media distribution networks to amplify reach into PWD audiences. He says the Co-op began around November 2024 with Di Blasi, Donna J. Jodhan, and Dr. Kirk Adams as a practical way to get each post in front of more verified PWD readers, and it has since grown to 15 leaders collectively reaching more than 193,000 verified PWD readers across 41 channels.
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The Council of Citizens with Low Vision International (CCLVI), an affiliate of the American Council of the Blind, annually awards four scholarships in the amount of $3,000 each to full-time college students. Scholarships are awarded to Freshman, Undergraduate, and Graduate students, all of whom must be low vision, maintain a strong GPA and be involved in school/local community activities.
Leave a CommentEmail signatures are often displayed at the end of email messages to provide contact information, boost brand awareness, or offer important information. A signature can consist of text, graphics, or both. Here’s how to create an email signature in the new Outlook using JAWS.
Leave a CommentWhen using the new Outlook with JAWS, you can copy a file, then paste it as an attachment in an email.
Leave a CommentWhen using Microsoft Word with JAWS, you can display a list of misspelled words in the JAWS Virtual Viewer. This allows you to quickly review and correct spelling errors. You must enable the setting Check spelling as you Type in Word for this list to be available. If you try to access the list and this setting is not enabled, a message will be displayed telling you to enable it.
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