What's New in Leasey Version 9.

New in Leasey Version 9.0.

Significant increase in performance.
Any Leasey user would want this version just for the considerable changes which have been made to responsiveness when using Leasey functions and working with the keyboard overall. A great deal of attention has been devoted to this area.

Amazon.
The Amazon component of using Leasey Search is faster than before. Leasey advises you that the keyboard should not be used while the search is taking place. Response times may vary but it is faster than was the case previously.

BrailleEas.
This is the revised version of Elegance for ElBraille and can be used with a greater range of Braille displays. If you find it is not working with your specific Braille display model, we will work with you to ensure it does so in the future. We cannot possibly test with every model of display.
Instructions to BrailleEas can be written in contracted Braille.
Refer to the section of the documentation relating to BrailleEas for details.

Web Browsing.
1. When moving back to a previous page, greater efforts have been made to ensure JAWS sets focus to the position where you left off reading rather than a random position. If you wish to stop JAWS from doing this, press ALT+Windows+R while focused in a browser.
2. keystrokes have been added for use with Windows CoPilot to move to the New Topic button, to read the most recent message and to upload an image.
Please refer to the internet browsing chapter of the documentation for details.

LeaseyCloud.
A lot of effort has gone into refining Leasey when files are stored in the cloud. Note that Microsoft OneDrive and Dropbox are recommended for best performance.

Leasey Alarm Times.
If chimes are enabled to be heard periodically throughout the day, these will now play out if an alarm is set and they occur at the same time.

The Old Reader.
Leasey now provides comprehensive support for the Old Reader RSS client.
Please refer to the section of the Leasey documentation concerning the Old Reader.

Microsoft Outlook Reading Pane.
If enabled with the Leasey key then Control+Shift+R, you will hear the Reading Pane content as you move through messages in a mail folder.
Please refer to the Email section of the documentation for a full description.

Leasey Tags, LeaseyCuts and Web Favourites.
Adjustments have needed to be made for upcoming builds of Windows11 so that these tools can work correctly in the modern release of File Explorer.
There is a strong likelihood that if you are using a previous version of Leasey, together with Windows11, these features will stop working.

Leasey Radio.
You can now set up to 20 presets for most frequently listened to stations rather than 10.
Please refer to the Radio section of the documentation for details.

Speech History.
Leasey now contains a way of rapidly working with JAWS Speech History so you can interact with it from within any application.
Please refer to the section of the documentation concerning Speech History.

Viewing Leasey Documentation.
For some time, Leasey has had a facility where you can view the documentation section by section. Each section contained links to move back to the list of documentation sections.
Unfortunately, the new Results Viewer in JAWS is causing some difficulties in this area. From this point forward, press Escape so as to move back to the section index.

List of Keystrokes.
A new item has been added to Hotkey Help to view a complete list of keystrokes.
This opens up a document in your web browser divided into headings for easy reference and lists all the keystrokes. There are over 1100 keystrokes.

append to Clipboard.
Leasey now has some comprehensive and flexible support for JAWS power users concerning appending text to the Windows Clipboard.
Please refer to the section of the documentation concerning Leasey Select and the Clipboard.

Copy Web Page Title and URL.
When inside a browser, the keystroke of ALT+Control+Windows+T will copy to the clipboard the title of the web page which has focus together with its corresponding URL.

Twitter and X.
Moving through posts with Up and Down Arrow is far more reliable. In addition, the names of accounts distributing promotional posts are not truncated.
If you are using JAWS 2024, Press Control+Windows+I. Leasey will detect if an image is available for the post and if so will give you a description of it.

Podcasts.
When results are rendered containing details of episodes, the title of each episode is not only enclosed within a heading as before, but it also contains a hyperlink pointing to the web page for the item. This is for podcasts where it is not possible to download or stream an episode directly and where it is necessary to play it from within the browser.

YouTube videos.
When using Leasey Search to find YouTube videos, the results are displayed in date order of publication with the most recent at the top.

Toggling Between Leasey Basic and Advanced.
For those people who need to use Leasey Basic for beginners, the method for changing between these two modes is slightly different.
Press Control+Grave accent twice rather than once.
This keystroke will not be used often.

LeaseyPoints on Web Pages.
It is now possible to locate the position on a page where a LeaseyPoint is set even if Forms Mode is active.

Leasey Hotkey Help.
All newly added and changed keystrokes are available in Leasey's Hotkey Help and in the search tool.

WhatsApp.
If you are using JAWS 2024, and viewing messages 1 through to 20, if you press the appropriate keystroke twice quickly Leasey will detect if an image is available for the post and if so will give you a description of it.

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