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ScreenReader 24
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Dolphin ScreenReader version 24.05 is now available
The latest update to Dolphin ScreenReader is now available.
Version 24.05 introduces powerful new AI-driven features, performance improvements and accessibility enhancements across Dolphin ScreenReader.
This update focuses on making your accessibility experience more informative, faster and more intuitive.
NEW: Ask AI
Dolphin is excited to introduce our new Dolphin ScreenReader "Ask AI" feature
Whether you're working, studying, shopping online or chatting with others, Ask AI enables you to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to describe images, photos, pictures, charts, and Windows on your computer.
As the saying goes, "a picture tells a thousand words", so this new feature gives you an immediate concise and informative description. It then provides you with the option to ask follow-up questions for more detail. You can access "Ask AI" through the Control Panel, Doc Reader and Layered Hotkey Mode.
The image descriptions in Ask AI will open up a world of described visual content to you, and can improve independence and productivity in a number of ways:
- It gives you the ability to independently obtain informative image descriptions of charts, graphs and infographics at work.
- It makes handouts and textbook diagrams accessible at school.
- You can scan in and revisit memories in old family photographs, or learn more about new electronic images when they are emailed to you or saved to your computer! You can independently read greetings cards, and if you're shopping online, you can find out more information about the things you might like to buy if the alt text is insufficient.
How to access image descriptions with Ask AI
To make the Ask AI image descriptions easier for you to access, we have introduced options which enable you to obtain these descriptions in the ways that work best for you.
So whether you prefer to go through the menu, use a button in the toolbar, use keyboard Hotkeys, or a mix of all of these, you can quickly find out what images contain, so you can have a more equitable experience of images on websites, documents, photographs and more.
NEW: Ask AI to describe a digital image file, an image from a scanner or image copied to the clipboard through the Dolphin ScreenReader Control Panel "Media" menu, "Ask AI" submenu (ALT + M, A).
NEW: Ask AI button in Doc Reader toolbar. When selected, an image of the current page is sent to Ask AI for you to interrogate the page further, for example, ask about the photo, diagram, or chart on the page. The Ask AI button is available when you choose to open Doc Reader via "Connect and View" and "Scan and Read".
NEW: Layered Hotkey Mode now includes a new "Ask AI" layer. Press CAPS LOCK + SPACEBAR, Q, then do any of the following to easily transfer an image into Ask AI:
- Describe image file (F)
- Describe image from scanner (S)
- Describe image from clipboard (C)
- Describe image of whole screen (W)
- Describe image of application window (A)
- Describe image at Dolphin Cursor (D)
- Describe image of Doc Reader page (R)
NEW: Review chat questions and answers using RIGHT ALT + 1 through to 9 with RIGHT ALT + 1 being the most recent posting.
NEW: Organisations restricting the use of AI can disable its use in Dolphin ScreenReader through the Enterprise Configuration Utility. Read the Knowledge Base article How to Disable Features in SuperNova for instructions.
Please note: Ask AI is subject to a fair-use policy. You are able to ask up to 100 questions per month. This resets at the start of each month.
Improvements to Doc Reader
Improvements in Dolphin ScreenReader version 24.05 make using the Doc Reader more intuitive, so you're more productive at work, at school and at home.
- NEW: Identify your page position is now even easier, with the new Document Info option, as it now shows your position in a multi-page document.
- FIX: Doc Reader Append a Page function now uses the correct image format.
Improvements for Apps
Dolphin ScreenReader improvements bring new announcements on webpages, new keyboard commands when using Dolphin EasyReader and fixes that redress changes following Windows updates.
Web Browsers
NEW: Dolphin ScreenReader now states when the focused element on a webpage is a graphic. By default, this is announced when using a Medium and High Verbosity Scheme (using a new "Hypertext graphic" control type).
Dolphin EasyReader
NEW: New Speak Keys to review your chat history when using the AI Describe image feature are now available with an EasyReader Personal or EasyReader Education Plan.
Press RIGHT ALT + 1- 9 to speak previous questions and answers, with RIGHT ALT +1 being the most recent response.
Windows 11 NotePad
FIX: Aspects of the Status Bar are no longer intermittently announced when navigating across lines of text.
Microsoft Outlook 365
FIX: PDF files now correctly appear in the preview pane.
FIX: "Using Read From Here" to read a specific Rundown AI newsletter no longer causes Dolphin ScreenReader to close unexpectedly.
FIX: Windows Location Permissions utility – Dolphin ScreenReader now correctly reads all the options available in the Location Permissions dialog.
FIX: Windows Camera App – Dolphin ScreenReader now correctly detects the combo list box items in Camera Settings.
FIX: Microsoft Office 365 – Improved performance navigating lists with multiple focused items such as the Word 365 Paste Special window.
FIX: Microsoft Word 365 - Resolved intermittent issue announcing the first item in the document context menu (SHIFT + F10) when the menu is first opened and a text selection is active.
FIX: Windows 11 Start Menu – Removed unwanted announcement of commas when navigating Search results.
Additional Bug Fixes and Improvements
FIX: Control 0d is no longer announced at the end of the line in the Dolphin Script Editor window.
FIX: Orpheus TTS – Installation file has been repaired. Prompts presenting X in front of the word and missing registry key error messages should no longer appear when navigating the Orpheus Configuration dialog box.
FIX: Danish, German, Czech, and Slovak Desktop hotkey assignments for Speed, Volume, and Verbosity have been updated to match documented assignments.
FIX: Dolphin ScreenReader announces the selected keyboard language when switching layout using WINDOWS KEY + SPACEBAR.
FIX: SAM – Changes to Windows Security resulted in some SAM driver settings failing to be saved correctly.
Exclusive Discount for JAWS, Fusion and ZoomText Users
Dolphin is delighted to offer an exclusive 50% discount on a full licence of Dolphin SuperNova or Dolphin ScreenReader, together with a 12-month Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA).
This offer is available to all ZoomText, Fusion and JAWS licence holders, Terms and Conditions apply.
Unlike a subscription, this is a full licence which you’ll own outright and you can continue to use for as long as you’d like. The SMA included in this offer ensures you receive all major version upgrades and support for the next 12 months. Try it for yourself with a 30-day free trial.
Remind yourself of features introduced in Dolphin ScreenReader version 24
How to future-proof your Dolphin ScreenReader assistive technology
To futureproof your Dolphin ScreenReader and ensure continuous accessibility performance, it's important to keep your Dolphin assistive technology up to date. We recommend you buy a SuperNova Upgrade Program (SUP) or - for organisations - a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA).
With a valid SMA or SUP in place, you will always be on the most recent version of Dolphin ScreenReader and your software will always work in line with the latest Microsoft updates.
A SMA or SUP entitles you to:
- Dolphin ScreenReader software upgrades, and updates via regular additional releases
- Essential security updates
- Support for Microsoft rolling updates
- Latest developments, improvements and fixes
With an SMA or SUP, you also benefit from:
- UK telephone and remote product support from accessibility experts
- EasyReader Personal for access to libraries and talking newspapers
- Cost savings, compared to purchasing upgrades separately
If you don't have an SMA or SUP, or your last one is now up to date, we recommend you purchase a new SMA or SUP today for the best experience with your Dolphin software.
To buy now or ask advice on which is best for you, please call the Dolphin UK office on 01905 754 577 or contact your local International Dealer if you are outside the UK.
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