Category: Braille

Create, Access, and Edit Spreadsheets Using Google Sheets and JAWS

In our last live webinar, “Google Sheets and JAWS,” we: Introduced you to Google Sheets Demonstrated common tasks Provided useful keyboard shortcuts that improve the user experience This week, we’ll delve deeper into this application with a task-based approach to learning in FS Skill Building and Review, “Create, Access, and Edit Spreadsheets Using Google Sheets …

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Freedom Scientific and Microsoft Continue Collaborating to Improve Access to Widely Used Products and Important Features

Last month, we told you about a collaboration between Freedom Scientific and Amazon to improve JAWS access to the Kindle App for PC. Now we’ll share some outcomes of a long-standing collaboration between FS and Microsoft that are positively impacting how people access information and perform critical tasks in multiple applications. Microsoft products are regularly …

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Three Reasons to Learn Google Sheets and JAWS

Google Sheets is a popular web-based spreadsheet application used at home, in school, and at work. Whether you use spreadsheets to create personal budgets, keep track of course assignments, or collaborate with fellow employees on important projects, accessing them via an online tool offers several distinct advantages. Here are three to consider. Data Saves Automatically …

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Freedom Scientific Collaborates with Amazon to Improve JAWS Access to the Kindle App for PC

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Last month, we told you about a recent change to Twitter.com that caused shortcut keys to no longer work, and the subsequent collaboration between Freedom Scientific and Twitter that resolved the issue. Now we’d like to share another collaboration between Freedom Scientific and a mainstream company that has resulted in greater access to digital books. …

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Write, Edit, and Collaborate Using Google Docs and JAWS

In our last live webinar, “Google Docs and JAWS,” we showed you how to enable the screen and braille accessibility features, provided an overview of orientation and navigation, and introduced you to some basic formatting commands. This week, we’ll delve deeper into this popular application in FS Skill Building and Review, “Write, Edit, and Collaborate …

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Join Us for FSOpenLine to Have Your Voice Heard

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Join Us for FSOpenLine to Have Your Voice Heard FSOpenLine, Freedom Scientific’s global call-in show will take place tomorrow, September 19 at 8:00 PM Eastern. Want to know more about FS software releases? Have questions about our products you’ve always wanted to ask? Join us by phone or computer and get them answered. During the …

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Freedom Scientific and the new USB Human Interface Driver Braille Standard

Introduction You may have read recently about a new universal standard for Braille displays adopted by the USB Implementers Forum. This is an industry body comprising manufacturers and software developers who wish to move the USB specification forward. Participants include Microsoft, Apple and Google among many others. Freedom Scientific has been a part of the …

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