Version 8.0 --------------+ Lots of improvements for Windows 7 and Windows 8 touch-screen support.

* Hot Virtual Keyboard has been tested to meet all of the technical requirements to be Windows 8 Compatible. * Section "Exceptions" has been replaced with new section "Dependencies". Hot Virtual Keyboard changes the settings depending on the currently active ap plication. + New function "Show alternate characters or symbols" has been added. Hot Virtual Keyboard will show alternative characters when you press and hold a key. The selected character is typed when you release the key. The feature doesn't work when the "Auto-repeat" setting is on. + The word suggestion tool now processes the ' character in combinations like I' ll, L'amour. + Setting "Show the toolbar in the taskbar" has been added for 64-bit systems. + New settings in the keyboard editing window have been added: Change "Fit Width" regardless of the program settings, Change "Lock Aspect Ratio" regardless of the program settings, Always dock the keyboard to the lower edge of the screen, Always display characters and icons in the center of keys, Always transparent keyboard background, Fixed font size for all key labels (if empty, use the one from the program set tings), Dividing points - used when changing the keyboard size: The keyboard splits along the specified points, the keys slide in opposite d irections. * Improved the Docking function for full-screen applications (IE in the kiosk mo de) and Windows 8. * The default settings have been changed. * The keyboard editing window has been improved. * Color scheme "Black" has been slightly adjusted. + New option "Windows 8 Style" in the "Appearance" section - when enabled, round ed corners of windows and buttons are turned off. + Ability to change the assigned key combination in window "Keyboard Shortcuts S ettings" has been added. + Ability to copy an action in window "Keyboard Shortcuts Settings" has been add ed. + New action "Word autocomplete on/off" has been added. * The size of word suggestion buttons changes depending on the keyboard font siz e. * Changed the keyboard icon. + Added special keyboard types for touch screens: TouchScreenLetters, TouchScree nFull. + Flag for Thai language has been added. + Slovak interface language has been added. - The bug that occurred when switching the input language to extended layouts ha s been fixed. - The incorrect positioning of characters in the Japanese Hiragana, Kana layout has been fixed. * Code optimization and various minor improvements. Version 7.1 --------------+ Added new keyboard types: SkinFlat, TwoSides2. + Support for Japanese, Korean, and Chinese (Traditional) layouts has been added to the on-screen keyboard. + Added exceptions for Word Autocomplete function. Whenever any of the specified programs becomes active, Word Autocomplete turns off. + New command line parameters /TURNON and /TURNOFF have been added. Now you can

turn on and off the program with a command line parameter. + New command line parameter /ACTION for launching actions has been added. Forma t: /ACTION Win+K * Monitoring of most-top windows (their overlap of the on-screen keyboard) has b een added. * During macros editing, the ability to cut, copy, and paste selected lines has been added. * In macros it is possible to enter a delay time of up to 10 minutes. * The launch of several instances of the program with the command line parameter /M has been improved. * When AutoClick for the on-screen keyboard is turned on, the same auto-click al so works for the floating icons. - When highlighting text in Internet Explorer, sometimes the on-screen keyboard disappeared. - Fixed a bug for option "Show a tip over a pressed character key" when Unicode used. * Some other bugfixes and improvements. Version 7 --------------+ Added new keyboard types: KioskSkin, Mini2, SkinRound4, TouchGame3. + Added new on-screen keyboard settings: + Move the keyboard to a screen border. + Animate the launch of the on-screen keyboard - slide up or down. + Type characters when keys are released. + Show a tip over a pressed character key. + Show key characters in the UPPER CASE. + Added new "Typing aid" parameters for the on-screen keyboard: + Repeat delay (msec). + Repeat rate (characters per second). + Double taping the space bar will insert a period followed by a space. + Added an ability to control the on-screen keyboard from HTML in FireFox, Chrom e and Opera. + Added a new function: "Install FireFox (Chrome, Opera) Extension". + Added an ability to set borders for the picture on the key. + Added an ability to change key descriptions in the keyboard editing mode. * Added a new setting for 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and Vista: "Show an on-sc reen keyboard before logon". * When using an on-screen keyboard with a touch screen, the arrow keys work as a D-pad. + Added Undo and Redo buttons to the on-screen keyboard editing form. + Added new actions "Change the default playback device", "Change the default re cording device". + Added an ability to specify folder for action "Run program". * Improved compatibility with Internet Explorer 9 and WPF applications. - Fixed toolbar flickering on the taskbar. - Fixed bugs that occurred if no explorer.exe process was found. - Fixed a bug in the autocomplete feature some languages. + Lots of other fixes and improvements. Version 5.3 --------------+ Added a toolbar for launching the on-screen keyboard. + Added a new parameter "Show the program toolbar in the taskbar". + Added new keyboard types: SkinWin7, SkinMulticolor, SkinWhite, SkinRound1, Ski nRound2, SkinRound3, TwoSides. * Changed keyboard types: OneSide, OneSide2. + Added new options for assigning images to each key of the on-screen keyboard: separate images for different key states, a separate font color for each key s tate,

"Draw a border around a key", "Resize with a key", "Fit by width and height". + Added a new parameter for the on-screen keyboard: "When I enter a password don 't show which keys are tapped". * Enhanced the large icons on the multimedia keys of the on-screen keyboard. + Words entered by users are now recorded in UTF-8. + Added a new command line parameter /RESTORE. + Added large flag images (32x32) for the language bar and the on-screen keyboar d. + Added the display of the flag and a "Show label" setting for the custom view o f the language bar. The size of the flag depends on the size of the language bar (16x16 or 32x32). + Added an ability to launch several instances of the program using the /M comma nd line parameter. + Added an ability to launch Microsoft's on-screen keyboard in the keyboard edit ing, hotkey configuration and icon management windows. * When working with the word autocomplete function enabled, "-" and "&" characte rs do not trigger automatic word completion. + Added the display of the keyboard layout when dead keys are pressed (for Germa n, French and other languages). * The Office2003 theme has been replaced with the Aqua theme. + Added a new parameter in the "Keys" section: "Labels on system keys depend on the currently selected input language". + Added a new parameter in the "Keys" section: "Show the state of Caps Lock, Num Lock and Scroll Lock keys". + Added an ability to configure the list of keyboards in the "Activate the next keyboard type" action settings. + Added an ability to assign a separate sound to each action. + Added an ability to remove the word directly from the autocompletion list by h ighlighting the unnecessary word and then pressing Delete key. + Added a new parameter for the word autocomplete function: "Do not show words w ith 1 character remaining". + Added a new parameter for the word autocomplete function: "Show as a set of bu ttons next to the on-screen keyboard". + Added new interface languages: Byelorussian, Croatian. - Fixed bugs that occurred in Windows Vista and Windows 7 with User Account Cont rol (UAC) enabled. - Fixed the work of the command line parameter /COMMON. - Fixed a bug: The on-screen keyboard was displayed incorrectly before logging i n on multi-monitor systems. - Fixed a bug: The on-screen keyboard was displayed incorrectly next to the text cursor on multi-monitor systems. - Fixed a bug: In some cases, the language bar docked next to the on-screen keyb oard changed its location on the screen. Version 5.1 --------------+ Added new keyboard types: KioskSpecial, Triangles, WebKiosk. + Added a special Fn key for switching between number keys (1, 2, ...) and funct ion keys (F1, F2, ...). To use the function keys you must relaunch the initial setup wizard. * Changed keyboard types: MultimediaSmall, MultimediaSmall2, TabletPC, TabletPC2 , Tight2. + The setting "Show text on the on-screen keyboard" has been added for the "Past e Text" action. + Added a new option "Show as background" for key pictures in the keyboard edito r window. - Fixed a minor bug: Typing aid options did not work for Hebrew. * Some other enhancements. Version 5.0

--------------+ Added Windows 7 support. + Added native support for Windows 7 multitouch. Touch input is available with 2 55 touch points. + Added new keyboard types: MiniUnspaced, Standard3 (without NumPad), TouchGame1 , TouchGame2, Tight1, Tight2. + Added an ability to close the keyboard if the "Show the on-screen keyboard nex t to the text cursor" option is enabled. * The number of simultaneously supported languages has been increased to 30. + Added support of PNG images in the keyboard editing mode. + Added new parameters for confirming the addition of words to the custom dictio nary: Disappearance delay, confirmation with a hotkey. + Added an ability to download dictionaries directly from the program. * When the screen resolution is changed, the keyboard stays in the same corner o f the screen it was before. + Added a new command line parameter -SHOWKEYBOARD (forcibly show the on-screen keyboard when the program is started). + Added a new command to the context menu that brings up the language and text i nput services dialog. + Added an ability to dock the keyboard to the top or bottom of the screen while decreasing the size of the desktop. + Added a new option: "Show symbols accessible via Shift when Shift is not press ed and font is not large". + Added a new parameter for the keyboard icon: "Hide when the keyboard is visibl e". + Added the language parameter to autocompletion dictionaries. Dictionaries are activated depending on the currently selected system language. + Added an ability to change the size of the keyboard without the need to edit i t. + Added new settings for the on-screen keyboard: "Fit to the screen width", "Fit to the screen height". + Added a new parameter "Mouse pointer" for the onscreen keyboard: Standard (Arr ow), Hand and Invisible. + Added an ability to configure the folder with autocompletion dictionaries. + Added hotkey icons for Windows 7. + Added new parameters for the on-screen keyboard: Enable key repeat; Hold down key until Shift, Ctrl, Alt and Win is pressed; Enable AutoClick; AutoClick delay; Set capital after the specified character; Delete a space before specified characters; Add a space after specified characters; Add a space before specified characters. * When the default settings are applied, the keyboard is moved to the bottom rig ht corner of the screen. + Added flags for Croatian and Bosnian languages. - Fixed a minor bug: Text entry from the on-screen keyboard did not work in Micr osoft Works, Eclipse IDE. - Fixed a minor bug: The input language could not be switched in IBM Lotus Symph ony v.1.3.0. - Fixed a bug with processing apostrophes in autocompletion dictionaries. - Fixed a bug: The program did not start automatically in Windows Vista/7 with U AC enabled. - Fixed a bug: When the AccessDenied option was enabled in system registry, acce ss was still provided. - Fixed a bug: Removed flicking when used option "Show On-Screen Keyboard when t he text cursor is visible". - Fixed a bug: The keys for the numbers 5-9 and 0 in the United States Dvorak fo r Left Hand keyboard were missing.

- Fixed a bug: If you right-click on a key and accidentally drag the mouse off t he key, the menu will pop up and keep the key pressed making an error noise at t he same time. - Fixed a bug: When the keyboard view was set using the WM_COPYDATA command, it wasn't restored after the system restart. - Fixed a bug: When the "Show the on-screen keyboard next to the text cursor" se tting was enabled, the keyboard was not shown at Windows start up. * Some other enhancements.