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If you’ve taken part in our live webinars or other trainings this year, you’ve used the cloud-based conferencing solution by Zoom Video Communications commonly known as Zoom. This widely used platform enables us to offer remote training regardless of where you reside and is equipped with many powerful features that promote learning through personal interaction …
Read More Using the Zoom Video Conferencing Platform with JAWSAre you interested in becoming a certified JAWS or ZoomText user at an incredible discount? Want to renew an existing certification while taking advantage of unbelievable savings? From now through July 31, you can purchase into the Freedom Scientific Certification Program at an 80% discount through the Freedom Scientific Training and Certification page. Use discount …
Read More Take Advantage of Our Incredible JAWS and ZoomText Certification Discounts from Now to the End of JulyHave you ever thought about becoming a certified JAWS or ZoomText user? Want to renew your certifications so they are up to date? Now, for a limited time, you can receive your certificates along with all the benefits at an unbeatable price. Beginning on July 1st and running through the 31st, after passing your certification …
Read More JAWS and ZoomText Certifications Now Offered At an incredible DiscountMicrosoft Excel is a robust application with many features and options that allow you to organize and calculate data in a number of ways. As a JAWS user, it can be frustrating to wade through all of the data in front of you let alone create it yourself, but when armed with the right information, …
Read More Excel and JAWS – 3 Tips for Creating and Organizing SpreadsheetsFSOpenLine, Freedom Scientific’s global call-in show is happening in one week! Want all the info on FS software updates? Got questions about new products? Get them ready and join us via your computer or phone on Thursday, June 27th at 8:00 PM Eastern Daylight time, 0:00 UTC. In the March episode of FSOpenLine, we told …
Read More June FSOpenLine Is Right Around the CornerMicrosoft Excel is a popular application for creating and reading spreadsheets. Whether you use it to catalogue items, create a budget or analyze complex information, navigating data with JAWS can prove challenging. You can navigate Excel quickly and efficiently with JAWS using keyboard commands. These are especially helpful when first assessing the contents of a …
Read More 3 Quick Tips for Navigating Excel Spreadsheets with JAWSMicrosoft 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 …
Read More Making An Impact: 4 Reasons to Create Visually Appealing PowerPoint PresentationsMicrosoft 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 …
Read More Using PowerPoint with JAWS – Creating Effective and Engaging PresentationsDuring 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 …
Read More FS Skill Building and Review – Using JAWS with MS WordMicrosoft 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 …
Read More Gaining Access to Microsoft Word with JAWS