Category: Braille

FSCast #261. An in-depth look at multiline Braille support in JAWS, and an AI user survey by the AFB

Oleg Shevkun August 27, 2025August 31, 2025

On this episode, Joe Stephen and Rusty Kelly unveil some of the details of our upcoming support for multiline Braille. Then, we are joined by Arielle Silverman and Stephanie Enyart, introducing an AI user survey by the American Foundation for the Blind. With Elizabeth Whitaker, we take a look at what’s new at the Training …

JAWS and Multi-Line Braille: Expanding the Way We Read

Elizabeth Whitaker June 30, 2025June 30, 2025

We’re excited to announce a major development in screen readers. JAWS will soon support multi-line Braille solutions, thanks to close collaboration with several partners and Braille device manufacturers. This advance will offer users with supported Braille displays a new and enhanced way to read and interact with text on their computers. With JAWS’ upcoming multi-line …

May 2024 Student of the Month Highlights

Elizabeth Whitaker May 4, 2024May 4, 2024

The 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. Rather than featuring a student this month, we are highlighting a few of our past winners. Kate Kate uses JAWS and the Focus Braille Display …

April 2024 Student of the Month

Elizabeth Whitaker April 4, 2024April 4, 2024

The 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 April 2024 is Mina, a tenth grader from California who we had the unique opportunity to interview in-person at …

February 2024 Student of the Month

Elizabeth Whitaker February 2, 2024February 2, 2024

The 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 February 2024 is Darren, a college freshman from California. Darren has been using JAWS and ZoomText since elementary school, …

January 2024 Student of the Month

Elizabeth Whitaker January 5, 2024January 5, 2024

The 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 January 2024 is Kate, a senior from California. Kate uses JAWS and the Focus Braille Display in class to …

Celebrating 200 Years of Braille

Elizabeth Whitaker January 4, 2024

January 4 is World Braille Day. This year, braille is turning 200-years-old. To commemorate this milestone, let’s look back at some of the major events that make up the history of braille. Braille is a system for reading and writing for persons who are blind. It uses raised dots that represent the alphabet, numbers, and …

November 2023 Student of the Month Highlights

Elizabeth Whitaker November 3, 2023November 3, 2023

The 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. Rather than featuring a student this month, we are highlighting three of our past winners. Alan Alan is a seventh grader from Pennsylvania. Blind since …

October 2023 Student of the Month

Elizabeth Whitaker October 3, 2023October 3, 2023

The 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 2023 is Max, a junior from California. Max uses JAWS to access assignments on the Canvas Learning Management …

July 2023 Student of the Month

Elizabeth Whitaker July 3, 2023July 3, 2023

The 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 July 2023 is Alan, a seventh grader from Pennsylvania. Blind since birth, Alan uses JAWS and the Focus Braille …