JAWS Inspect Download Page

Note: It is not necessary to have JAWS screen reader installed to run JAWS Inspect. However, if you are a JAWS user you can run both applications at the same time, provided the versions are compatible. If you are going to do this, please upgrade to the latest version of JAWS 2022 or later.

December 2025 Release

The December 2026 update for JAWS Inspect is now available. This release ensures alignment with the latest versions of JAWS.

Alignment with the latest JAWS 2026

This release ensures that JAWS Inspect remains aligned with the latest updates in JAWS 2026.

For additional information about updates in JAWS 2026, please refer to the What’s New in JAWS 2026 page on Freedom Scientific’s website.

October 2025 Release

JAWS 2026 Included

The offline setup package has been updated to install JAWS 2026.

Please note that the offline setup package no longer includes JAWS 2023 in its installation options.

The connected setup package now offers the choice to install JAWS 2026, JAWS 2025, or JAWS 2024.

To learn more about what’s new in JAWS 2026, check out the release notes on the Freedom Scientific website.

For more detailed information on the latest updates, visit What’s New in JAWS 2026: https://support.freedomscientific.com/downloads/jaws/JAWSWhatsNew

September 2025 Release

The September 2025 update for JAWS Inspect is now available. This release ensures alignment with the latest versions of JAWS.

Alignment with the latest JAWS 2025

This release ensures that JAWS Inspect remains compatible with the latest updates in JAWS 2025.

For additional information about updates in JAWS 2025, please refer to the What’s New in JAWS 2025 page on Freedom Scientific’s website.

July 2025 Release

The July 2025 update for JAWS Inspect is now available. This release ensures alignment with the latest versions of JAWS.

Alignment with the latest JAWS 2025

This release ensures that JAWS Inspect remains compatible with the latest updates in JAWS 2025.

For additional information about updates in JAWS 2025, please refer to the What’s New in JAWS 2025 page on Freedom Scientific’s website.

May 2025 Release

The May 2025 update for JAWS Inspect is now available. This release includes performance improvements and ensures alignment with the latest versions of JAWS.

Improved Performance with the New Browser Extension

This update enhances the communication between websites and JAWS through the JAWS Inspect Browser Extension, available on the Chrome Web Store.

With the latest enhancements, the interaction between JAWS Inspect and the web browser is faster and more reliable, especially immediately after starting JAWS Inspect.

Alignment with latest JAWS 2025

This release ensures that JAWS Inspect remains compatible with the latest updates in JAWS 2025.

For additional information about updates in JAWS 2025, please refer to the What’s New in JAWS 2025 page on Freedom Scientific’s website.

March 2025 Release

Proxy No Longer Required – What This Means for You

To simplify setup and enhance compatibility, the March 2025 release of JAWS Inspect will no longer use the internal proxy for web communication. Instead, it will only require the existing JAWS Inspect Extension to connect with the browser.

Key Points to Know:

• New Installations: The proxy is now disabled by default. If you’re installing JAWS Inspect for the first time, you need to ensure you add the Browser extension. The extension works with Edge and Chrome.
• Existing Users: If you previously used the proxy, your current settings will remain unchanged. However, we recommend switching to the extension for a smoother experience.
• Manual Switch: You can manually enable or disable the proxy under JAWS Inspect Menu > Settings > Network > Proxy Server. If you choose to turn the proxy back on, you will see a warning about potential compatibility issues.

Why This Change?

We’ve received feedback that the legacy proxy setting could interfere with other software, especially applications that require internet connectivity. By moving to the extension, we aim to:

• Reduce software conflicts with Teams, Outlook, and other connected applications.
• Provide a more stable and secure experience.
• Make JAWS Inspect easier to set up and use.

Will I Notice Any Differences?

No, JAWS Inspect will continue to provide the same functionality whether you use the legacy proxy or the extension. However, switching to the extension ensures better long-term support as we plan to phase out the proxy in the future.

Other improvements

• Alignment with the latest JAWS 2025 – As with every update, this release ensures that JAWS Inspect remains in sync with the latest JAWS 2025 updates. For full details, visit the What’s New in JAWS 2025 on Freedom Scientific’s website.
• Speech Viewer Tutor Message Update: The latest release of Inspect displayed the message “To activate, press Enter” in the Speech Viewer for some elements. This issue has now been resolved. These additional instructions will no longer appear in the Speech Viewer if you are using Inspect without a full version of JAWS.
• Best results: To ensure Inspect can gather all information correctly, if you want to evaluate a website that was already open before Inspect started, please refresh the page before running a report

December 2024 Release

• FSCompanion: In the JAWS inspect menu, you will now find FSCompanion. You can also reach it via FSCompanion.ai. This AI assistant is designed for our JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion users and provides assistance with how to use the products. It’s a simple yet powerful tool for everyone who would like to become more familiar with Screen Reader and Screen Magnifier technology. It can also assist you with understanding the JAWS presentation of websites and asking follow-up questions. To get started, try asking the following questions:
  • How is the JAWS presentation of a website different than the sighted presentation?
  • I see that JAWS Inspect indicated headings as heading level 1, heading level 2, and heading level 3. Why are the levels important?
  • Why does JAWS Inspect show a separate list for buttons, links, and headings?
  • What happens if an element provides no JAWS speech output?
• Chrome and Edge Version 130 and later: The latest Chrome 131 update caused some issues with the JAWS Inspect Full Page report. These issues were fixed. To get full support for the JAWS Inspect Full Page report, including the support for the locate functionality, please ensure that the latest Chrome extension is also installed.
• Firefox Enhancements: The Full-Page report functionality in Firefox has been restored to provide more extensive HTML support, enhancing accessibility checks and compliance monitoring.
• Latest JAWS 2025: As with every update, this release ensures that JAWS Inspect remains in sync with the latest JAWS 2025 updates. For full details, visit the What’s New in JAWS 2025 on Freedom Scientific’s website.
• Latest JAWS 2024: The online installer for JAWS Inspect will now include the option to include the latest JAWS 2024 update, released on 3rd December 2024. For full details, visit the What’s New in JAWS 2024 on Freedom Scientific’s website.

October 2024 Release

• JAWS 2025 Included: The offline setup package has been updated to install JAWS 2025. *Please note that the offline setup package no longer includes JAWS 2022 in its installation options.

  The connected setup package now offers the choice to install JAWS 2025, JAWS 2024, or JAWS 2023.

  To find out what’s new in JAWS 2025, check out the release notes via Freedom Scientific. JAWS 2025 comes with some important improvements:

  • EPUB Support: EPUB is a popular format for producing textbooks and other digital publications. It is supported on a wide range of devices and eBook reading applications, such as the Thorium EPUB book reader software, which works well with JAWS.
  • ARIA and Web Improvements: The latest JAWS release includes enhancements in announcing graphical objects, separator elements, tables, headings that include aria-labelledby, and more.

  For more detailed information on the latest changes, visit the What’s New in JAWS 2024 on the Freedom Scientific website.

• Faster Full-Page Report when Excluding Screenshot: The JAWS Inspect Full-Page Report includes a screenshot of each element to help you map the JAWS Speech Output to the visual elements.

  However, gathering screenshots on websites with many items can take a significant amount of time. Therefore, JAWS Inspect provides a setting for excluding screenshots from the Full-Page Report. If you exclude the Screenshot, the report time will be shorter.

  To adjust the setting, go to the JAWS Inspect menu, Settings > General and a dialog for the JAWS Inspect setting opens. In the group “Include on Report & Properties,” disable “Image on Reports” and confirm the change.

  If you now run a Full-Page Report on a website with multiple elements, you will notice that you receive the Full-Page Report quicker.

• .Net 8 Update: JAWS Inspect and JAWS 2025 have been updated to support .Net 8. This update ensures that the application benefits from the latest security enhancements and performance improvements the .Net 8 provides.

  Note: If you decide to add additional older JAWS versions, like 2024 and 2023, to our JAWS Inspect during the installation, .NET 6 will be installed to ensure older versions run correctly. By default, JAWS Inspect only installs our latest JAWS 2025 version. To include older JAWS versions, you can select these via the installation options.

In our upcoming December Update for JAWS Inspect, we will also add .NET 8 support to JAWS Inspect 2024. The 2023 version of JAWS will not get the .NET 8 update.

September 2024

• Enhanced Stability for JAWS and JAWS Inspect – We’ve improved the stability when running JAWS Inspect alongside the full version of JAWS. This update addresses crashes and conflicts, particularly during Full Page Report generation.
• Installation Fixes – We’ve fixed an issue where multiple dialogs could overlap and block each other during the first installation of JAWS Inspect, making it hard to interact with them. Now, all dialogs are operating smoothly.
• Alignment with the latest JAWS 2024 – As with every update, this release ensures that JAWS Inspect remains in sync with the latest JAWS 2024 updates. For full details, visit the What’s New in JAWS 2024 on Freedom Scientific’s website.

July 2024

• • Inclusion of Screenshots in Automatically Saved HTML Reports – We are excited to introduce an enhancement that allows screenshots to be included in your automatically saved HTML reports. This new feature enables a more complete review process for saved JAWS Inspect reports.
    • How to Enable This Feature –
      1. Right-click the JAWS Inspect icon in your system tray.
      2. Select ‘Settings’ and then ‘Save As’ to open the settings dialog.
      3. Choose ‘HTML’ from the ‘Save Format’ options. This ensures reports are saved in HTML format, mirroring the appearance of reports generated directly through JAWS Inspect in a Browser.
      4. Check the ‘Include Image Files’ option to add screenshots to your HTML reports.
      5. In the ‘Save Location’ field, define where the reports should be saved.
      6. Click ‘OK’ or ‘Apply’ to save your changes.
  • • Generate and Review the Saved Full Page Report –
      1. Run a Full-Page Report via the JAWS Inspect menu in the browser. The report will automatically open and be saved after it is created.
      2. To review the saved file, navigate to the previously defined location to find the report saved as a zip file. This reduces its size for easier uploading or emailing.
      3. Unzip the file before reviewing it to access the contents effectively.
      4. To Include screenshots of the original website is particularly useful for discussions with sighted colleagues. It assists in visually linking JAWS Speech outputs to elements on the page, enhancing collaborative reviews and discussions.

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• • The latest JAWS 2024 update is included. To find out what’s new in JAWS 2024 check out the release notes via Freedom Scientific. The offline setup package has been updated to install JAWS 2024.

May 2024

• ARM Support – JAWS Inspect now supports devices running on ARM processors, expanding compatibility to users with the latest Microsoft Surface Pro X and similar machines.
• Enhanced Support for Mac Users (using Windows Virtual Machines) – JAWS Inspect can now be used on MacBooks, including the newest MacBook Pro models. You will need to use a software that allows you to run Windows on a Mac via a virtual desktop or virtual machine, such as Parallels.
• Anonymous Data Collection – As part of our ongoing commitment to improving JAWS Inspect, we introduced telemetry function that allows users to contribute to anonymous data collection. This data will be invaluable in helping us understand user behavior and make data-driven decisions to further enhance your JAWS Inspect experience.
• User will need to opt-in before we collect any data and is optional. User will be promoted during their next session to opt-in or out.
• Additional Updates – We’ve integrated support for the latest 2022 and 2023 JAWS versions. We send out a special update to JAWS 2022 and 2023 users to guarantee support for newer Chrome browsers.

March 2024

The latest JAWS 2024 update is included. To find out what’s new in JAWS 2024 check out the release notes via Freedom Scientific. The offline setup package has been updated to install JAWS 2024.

The latest JAWS 2023 and 2022 update is included. The 2023 and 2022 versions of JAWS received a small update to resolve conflicts with the latest Chrome, Notepad, and Visual Studio Code.

JAWS Inspect 2023 Releases

October 2023

• JAWS 2024 included. To find out what’s new in JAWS 2024 check out the release notes via Freedom Scientific. The offline setup package has been updated to install JAWS 2024. Meanwhile, the connected setup package now offers the choice to install JAWS 2024, JAWS 2023, or JAWS 2022.

  Please note that the offline setup package no longer includes JAWS 2021 in its installation options.

• Customize settings during installation. JAWS Inspect now supports two methods of configuring settings during installation:
  1. Configure the following settings via the AppConfiguration section of AdditionalSettings.ini:
     • BrowserProxyServer – Should JAWS Inspect’s internal proxy server be used to provide unique IDs needed for highlighting elements on a page?
     • ProxyServerNotifications – Should JAWS Inspect’s proxy server return parsing errors that are found in the HTML document?
     • ShowChromePluginMessage – Should JAWS Inspect recommend installing the Chrome or Edge extension when they are not installed?
     • ShowFirefoxPluginMessage – Should JAWS Inspect recommend installing the Firefox extension when they are not installed?
     • ShowProxyInstruction – Should JAWS Inspect prompt the user with Proxy Information form when the Proxy Certificate is not installed?
  2. Use the shared JAWS Inspect Settings file. If an InspectSettings.xml file is found in the same directory as the JAWS Inspect Setup Package during installation it will be copied to the shared settings directory. If InspectSettings.xml is not found in the user settings directory, settings will be loaded from the shared settings file. The user will be able to modify these settings.
• File path settings can be loaded via SpecialFolder. JAWS Inspect supports SpecialFolder based string interpolation when loading file path settings. See the Settings > Customize Settings During Installation page in the JAWS Inspect Help guide for more information.

August 2023

• The JAWS 2022 July update is now included in JAWS Inspect 2023
• The .NET Redist and VCRedist libraries have been updated to latest versions
• No branding info is displayed in the JAWS Inspect About box when activated with a valid JAWS Inspect license migrated to EMS
• JAWS Inspect Displays “Error Code 18” and Runs in Demo mode When Using Certain .license files

June 2023

• The JAWS Inspect Setup Package has been updated so that it includes the latest release of JAWS 2023, the JAWS Inspect 2023.2306.1 – June 2023 release.
• JAWS Inspect is no longer supported on 32-bit versions of Windows.
• JAWS 2023 included. The offline setup package now installs JAWS 2023. the connected setup package now installs JAWS 2023 with options to install JAWS 2022 and JAWS 2021.
• What’s New from the Help: Find out about recent improvements and updates to JAWS Inspect from the “What’s New” options in the JAWS Inspect context menu or by view the JAWS Inspect Help.

Additional Changes

• Specify the height of the Speech Viewer when it is configured to run in AppBar mode.
• “Access to XMLHttpRequest has been blocked by CORS policy No Access-Control-Allow-Origin header is present on the requested resource” errors have been addressed in Google Chrome.
• The URL for the JAWS Inspect Firefox Add-on in the Firefox Extension Notification Form has been updated.
• The supported JAWS version is not updated automatically when installing Inspect 2023 over Inspect 2022
• Demonstration versions of JAWS Inspect now only show *** Demo Limited *** row every 5 rows in the Speech Viewer