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Languages supported: Belgian Dutch, Belgian French, Cantonese (Hong Kong), Chinese (English), Chinese (Mandarin), Czech, Dutch, English (Australia), English (South African), English (United Kingdom), English (United States), Finnish, French, German, Greek (English), Hebrew, Indian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Spanish (Latin America), Swedish, Swiss German, Welsh

What’s New in SuperNova 16.02?

FIX: Fixes have been made to improve stability in Line View mode, Connect & View the whiteboard, non-English SuperNova editions, when using Internet Explorer 11 and when changing the language of the SuperNova control panel.

NEW: No reboot required during installation – Windows 8 and 10 users no longer need to reboot their PC after installing SuperNova 16.02.  Windows 7 users will continue to be prompted to reboot at the end of the installation.

UPDATE: The SuperNova installer now updates and replaces out of date editions of SuperNova by default rather than installing a new copy side-by-side; however both options remain available during the installation.

NEW: You are now able to uninstall an older version of SuperNova whilst running 16.02.

NEW: New Dolphin Keyboard now includes ‘Scan & Read’ quick button

The new updated Dolphin keyboard includes a new ‘Scan & Read’ quick button for the same quick scan access as CAPS LOCK + O delivers.

Close up of scan & read hotkey on Dolphin keyboard

FIX: The Dolphin Key on the Dolphin Keyboard now reliably launches SuperNova every time.

UPDATE: SuperNova’s in product help now includes help for the new v16 User Profiles, Media tab and using your v16 Dolphin Pen.

NEW: The HumanWare BrailleNote Touch device is now supported.

UPDATE: With the newly updated 16.02 driver, connect your HumanWare Brailliant braille display via your USB port and SuperNova connects everything for you; no need for additional downloads or drivers.

FIX: 16.02 includes TrueFont fixes for Windows 7 users running Outlook 2010.

FIX: Image smoothing now works as expected in the Windows 10 Start Menu and in the Windows 10 apps.

UPDATE: SuperNova’s default highlighting schemes have been updated:

  • Read From Here now features a blue word box highlight

Magnified text with a blue box highlight around 2 words.

  • The Dolphin Cursor now has a red box, replacing the old magenta box

Text on a webpage with a red box around the word EasyConverter.

  • And the Cursor position is now indicated by a double yellow wedge, as default

Cursor editing a forumla in an excel spreadsheet.  Above and below the cursor are 2 yellow triangles highlighting where the cursor is situated.

FIX: 16.01 users may have noticed that using SuperNova could no longer ‘share’ the screen with the output from their CCTV.  This problem has now been fixed.

FIX: Updated Window 10 settings now speaking as expected.

FIX: Following a Windows 10 anniversary update many of the buttons on the security dialogues were no longer reading as expected.  This has now been fixed.

FIX: 16.01 users running their preferred non-English synthesiser via SAPI 5 may have noticed ‘space’ and ‘backslash’ characters being wrongly announced in English. 16.02 resolves this bug.

FIX: Following a recent Office 2016 update, customers using the Outlook calendar have noticed the day, week and month views not speaking correctly.  This is now fixed.

FIX: An intermittent problem with the DocReader not opening reliably has now been fixed.

NEW: Evaluation and Enterprise licences are now identifiable via SuperNova’s About Box and on the Splash screen.

Other v16 releases:

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