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The Access Technology Affordability Act (ATAA) of 2021 is a bill that makes access technology more affordable to Americans who are blind and visually impaired. It creates a $2,000 refundable tax credit to eligible persons for the purchase of access technology over a three-year period. House bill H.R. 431 is sponsored by Rep. Mike Thompson …
Read More Support the Access Technology Affordability Act of 2021The Freedom Scientific Student of the Month program features K-12 students living in the U.S. who are blind or visually impaired and use Freedom Scientific technology to achieve educational goals. The Student of the Month for November 2021 is Olivia, a seventh grader from Missouri. Olivia has been a JAWS user since the fourth grade, …
Read More November 2021 Freedom Scientific Student of the MonthFSOpenLine, Freedom Scientific’s global call-in show, will take place Thursday, December 2 at 8 PM Eastern time. Do you have questions about our products or an idea you want to share? Join us and have your voice heard by key members of Freedom Scientific’s product management and engineering teams. During the August FSOpenLine, we provided …
Read More Join Us for FSOpenLineFSOpenLine is Freedom Scientific’s global call-in show, and an adjunct to our podcast, FSCast. The next episode will take place on Thursday, December 2 at 8 PM Eastern time. We will host FSOpenLine on Zoom, and broadcast live on the Clubhouse app. You will be able to ask questions on both platforms. In addition, we …
Read More Join Us for FSOpenLine on December 2Want to know about all of the powerful new features in Fusion Suite 2022? Join us Thursday, November 18 at Noon Eastern time for a live webinar with Eric Damery and Ben Knolles. What Is Fusion Suite 2022? Fusion Suite 2022 refers to the latest release of Freedom Scientific’s JAWS screen reader, ZoomText screen magnifier, …
Read More Join Us for Fusion Suite 2022 with Eric Damery and Ben KnollesAre you looking for a portable video magnifier to read letters, labels, and magazine articles with ease? Want a handheld device with full-page OCR that will read printed material aloud? Join us Thursday, November 11 at noon Eastern time for a live webinar on the RUBY 10 Speech. What is the RUBY 10 Speech? The …
Read More Join Us for a Webinar on the RUBY 10® SpeechJAWS and Fusion 2022 offer two new sound features that will help you increase productivity. Whether you are listening to music, on a call, or in a meeting, you will benefit from these settings. Split JAWS Speech and the Audio from Other Applications JAWS and Fusion 2022 give you the ability to split the JAWS …
Read More Increase Productivity with New Sound Features in JAWS and Fusion 2022The Freedom Scientific Student of the Month program features K-12 students living in the U.S. who are blind or visually impaired and use Freedom Scientific technology to achieve educational goals. The Student of the Month for October 2021 is Lynn, a tenth grader from California. Lynn has been a JAWS user since the sixth grade. …
Read More October 2021 Freedom Scientific Student of the MonthAre you a multilingual JAWS and braille user? Want to learn about the new braille features in JAWS 2022? Join Glen Gordon and Adi Kushnir Thursday, October 28 at 10:00 AM Eastern time for a live webinar. They’ll provide an overview of the new braille features, and discuss how to: Configure braille language profiles Select …
Read More Join Us for A Webinar On New JAWS Braille Features for Multilingual UsersJAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion 2022 are here! No matter which software product you use, you will benefit from the new features these upgrades offer. Here are a few examples of what to expect. Automatically Import Settings When upgrading to JAWS or Fusion 2022 and going forward, custom settings from a previous release will automatically import. …
Read More What’s New in JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion 2022