• This version resolves an issue relating to ARM compatibility with Microsoft Word desktop

• A problem causing the new user wizard to crash has been resolved

- This version adds basic compatibility with ARM64 processors.

- Predictions and toolbar buttons can now be selected directly on systems with touchscreens.

- The vocabulary is no longer being autosaved on Windows shutdown. We recommend shutting down WordQ before shutting down Windows.

- TraceWin.exe has been replaced with a simpler program called Logger.exe for producing debugging logs.

- It is now possible to open a specific wqv file from the command line when starting WordQ.

- A problem between the mic button on the WordQ toolbar and Voice Access has been fixed.

- If the toolbar crashes, it will now show a message box containing debugging information to understand the reason for the crash.

- Various small tweaks and bugfixes have been made.

- A window for generating topic words dynamically (ThoughtQ) has been added. 

- Active ThoughtQ words are now more likely to be predicted by WordQ than in previous versions.

- A window that permits the user to create their own list of topical words (My Topics) has been added.

- An interface to the speech recognition facilities built into Windows 10/11 has been added.

- A variety of small bugs and interface issues have been fixed.

- A problem has been fixed where the prediction list stays blank in Chrome/Edge after typing but only if WordQ is started before the browser.

- A problem with the Spanish dictionary has been fixed.

- It was previously not possible to define a hotkey with Ctrl+Shift+Letter. This bug has been fixed.

- The default value for the "Save Vocabulary on Exit" preference is now "Always," i.e., WordQ now saves automatically on exit instead of prompting the user to save.

- The default font size for the prediction list is now 16.

- The font size in dialog boxes has been increased.

- The responsiveness of the prediction window speak function has been improved.

• A layout issue with the black and yellow crosshatch on the toolbar in exam mode has been fixed.

• A bug with recognizing the curly apostrophe in Microsoft Word desktop version has been fixed.

* There are a few ways to type numbers. If you have a numeric keypad on your keyboard, typing on it will put in numbers rather than predicting words. At Options->Prediction-> Selection you can also reverse this, so that it is the keyboard that puts in numbers and the numeric keypad that makes word selections.

* Another option is to pause the word prediction to put in numbers. You can hit the F9 key to turn off word prediction, then type the numbers, and then F9 again to turn it back on.

* If typing numbers is a real problem, you can go to Options->Prediction->Selection, and turn off selection by number and just use the mouse or arrow keys to pick what word you want to use.

To use WordQ with Google Docs, Slides, and Forms, you must turn on the following support settings in Docs menu Tools>Accessibility: Screenreader, Braille and Screen Magnifier

WordQ 6 is partially compatible with Open Office/LibreOffice. It will work, except that WordQ is unable to do "in context prediction" in the middle of words that you have already written. Thus, if you go backwards into your text it cannot make predictions based on what is there. Proofreading is not supported.

WordQ v6+ requires Windows 10 and later.

From Options>Open User… select Legacy WordQ User File (.wdq) (located in the bottom right-hand corner) as the file type in the Open dialog, and then choose your desired legacy user profile.

By default, the labels on the WordQ buttonbar are not visible. You can display the labels under:

Options>Preferences...>Show labels on toolbar buttons.

Note: Labels must be visible if the user requires complete keyboard accessibility.

WordQ by design interacts with the physical keyboard buffer, not all OSK’s interact with this system function. Operating system updates continually change the interaction between OSK and the main system functions. WordQ may or may not work with an OSK.

WordQ 6 offers an integrated PDF feature. However, WordQ requires that PDF documents be accessible, that is, they must have underlying readable text. If you create a PDF document by scanning, be sure to turn on the option on your scanner (which may be a school copier for example) to create searchable text, which will make it accessible.

The trial software is the same as the full product, except it expires after 30 days unless you purchase a license. You can activate an expired trial at anytime, even if it's past the initial 30 days.

You can use WordQ to read a printed textbook or some other source. To do this you will need to scan the book with a scanner that has Optical Character Recognition (OCR) capability. OCR converts the photo that the scanner takes into text that programs like WordQ can read.

Once you have the text file that the OCR program created, open it in a word processor, like Microsoft Word or Notepad and use the "Read" feature in WordQ to have it read back to you.