Author: Elizabeth Whitaker

Microsoft PowerPoint is a popular presentation application that is widely used across many mediums. Maybe you’ve used it to read presentations from conferences or perhaps you’ve explored its basic functions, but have you ever considered its true impact and potential? As a JAWS user, the benefits of creating visually appealing PowerPoint presentations might not be …

Microsoft PowerPoint is a popular application used to create presentations and is widely utilized by students and professionals everywhere. As a JAWS user or trainer tasked with teaching this application to someone who is blind, you may find it difficult to integrate inherently visual content into presentations in a way that makes sense from a …

During our April 4th webinar, we presented various features of Microsoft Word and demonstrated how to use them with JAWS. Now it’s time for another FS Skill Building and Review where we’ll break down a few of those tasks into interactive lessons for a more comprehensive training experience. You’ll have the opportunity to either follow …

Microsoft Word is a powerful word processor that is widely used in the workplace, for school, and at home for personal use. When using JAWS, it’s important to be aware of the features that will provide the functionality that makes creating and editing documents as well as reading and formatting them easier. Whether you’re new …

FSOpenLine, Freedom Scientific’s call-in show is undergoing a minor change. Instead of being held monthly as it has been since the first episode in August of 2018, we will now host our popular question and answer show quarterly. Every three months, you’ll still have the opportunity to present us with your burning questions about Freedom …

The Freedom Scientific Training team is adding a new learning opportunity to our regularly scheduled trainings. Thanks to your valuable feedback, we have developed FS Skill Building and Review, a monthly interactive session with our training team that allows you to learn and practice tasks that build upon topics covered in our webinars. We will …

ZoomText is a powerful application offering a wide range of features that provide users with low vision access to screen content and is available in two options: ZoomText Magnifier and ZoomText Magnifier/Reader. It is fully customizable, allowing you to set the magnification levels, screen colors, and tracking options to suit your preferences and needs. If …

In our upcoming webinar Getting to Know Fusion, we’ll introduce you to the features and benefits of this powerful product as well as provide resources to help jumpstart the learning process. Whether you’re a new Fusion user or teach it to others, the information provided here will give you insight into the product and prepare …

Learning to use the JAWS screen reader opens up a multitude of opportunities for performing common computer-based tasks such as creating documents, reading news items, accessing social media, and navigating the Internet. Whether you are new to using JAWS or teaching others how to harness the power of this valuable tool, there are some important …