	November 1998

JAWS for DOS 2.31 to become Freeware January 1, 1999

October 2, 1998
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Wilson Craig
Marketing Manager
727-803-8000
wilsonc@hj.com

Henter-Joyce, Inc. has announced that JAWS for DOS 2.31, the product that brought the company to prominence in the access technology industry in 1988, will be released as freeware on the Internet beginning January 1, 1999. The company will discontinue sales and shipments of JAWS for DOS after this date, providing the software instead as a free download from the web at http://www.hj.com/SoftwareDownload/SWdnld.html. Those who wish to download and use the free software will require one of the many hardware speech synthesizers supported by JAWS for DOS.

"Most people who use computers, including those who are blind and visually impaired, have migrated from DOS to Windows in recent years, and that's where we have focused our development efforts," said Henter-Joyce General Manager Jerry Bowman. "The decreased demand for DOS-based software, coupled with the overwhelming demand for our Windows-based screen reader, JAWS for Windows, makes this a good decision for us and for our customers."

In order to better serve those using current versions of Henter-Joyce's JAWS for Windows (JFW) screen reader software, the company will discontinue technical support of JAWS for DOS beginning January 1, 1999. Technical support for JFW versions 1.X and 2.X will also be discontinued on January 1, with the exception of JFW 2.00.29 being used with Microsoft Windows 3.1 Support for JFW 3.2 and 3.0 will be continued as usual. The discontinuation of support for earlier versions of JFW will ensure that users of more current JFW software will receive technical support in a more timely and efficient manner.

For more information about Henter-Joyce, Inc., JAWS for Windows Screen-reader Software, or Magic Screen-magnification Software, please call 1-800-336-5658 or visit the Henter-Joyce web site at http://www.hj.com.

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