Category: FSCast

FSCast 219, Ryan Jones previews our 2023 software public betas, and we meet Svetlana, Freedom Scientific’s July Student Of The Month

FSCast August 31, 2022August 31, 2022

On FSCast 219, we’ll spend some time with Ryan Jones, Freedom Scientific’s new Vice President of Software Product Management. He’ll give us a bit of his background, talk about what’s coming in the JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion 2023 product betas, and demonstrate the new JAWS Smart Glance feature. Then a visit with Svetlana, the Freedom …

FSCast 218, Eric Damery looks back on his career

FSCast July 27, 2022July 27, 2022

On FSCast 218, Eric Damery joins Glen Gordon for what will probably be the last time. After over 28 years tirelessly advocating for JAWS and other software, and generally always being around to help users who are having problems, he’s decided to retire. This time, rather than talking about a new product feature, Eric is …

FSCast 217, archive of the June 2022 FSOpenLine

FSCast July 13, 2022July 13, 2022

On the archive of the June 2022 FSOpenLine, we take your calls on a variety of topics including: using JAWS with the Dvorak keyboard layout, a request for better support of WhatsApp on Windows, using JAWS with the touch screen on a Surface Pro, switching from JAWS Professional to a Home license, and lack of …

FSCast 216, A demo of the new JAWS Notification History Manager, and a visit with Richard Oehm

FSCast June 29, 2022June 29, 2022

On FSCast 216, we have an answer to the age-old question, “What do you do about applications that tell us too much?” It’s the new JAWS Notification History Manager to the rescue. With it, you can gain precise control over which messages are spoken and which are shown in Braille. We’ll get you started by …

FSCast 215, Joe Stephen, long time JAWS developer, and Toby Willis, Senior Product Manager for Inclusive Travel at Expedia Group

FSCast May 25, 2022May 25, 2022

On FSCast 215, we’ll get to know long-time developer Joe Stephen. In addition to his work on JAWS, he does manual labor on his family farm in rural Tasmania and manages to find the time to add accessibility support to some handheld ham radios. Then Toby Willis will be here to talk about Expedia and …

FSCast 214, Adrian Amandi discusses the upcoming National Coding Symposium, and a visit with Gary O’Donoghue, Chief North America Political Correspondent for BBC News

FSCast April 27, 2022April 28, 2022

On FSCast 214, Adrian Amandi discusses the Second Annual National Coding Symposium. Then we’ll get to know Gary O’Donoghue, Chief North America Political Correspondent for the BBC, and longtime JAWS user.

FSCast 213, Dr. Robert Englebretson discusses his ongoing research about reading and writing Braille

FSCast March 30, 2022March 30, 2022

On FSCast 213, Dr. Robert Englebretson, Associate Professor of Linguistics at Rice University, discusses the Braille code for the International Phonetic Alphabet, why reading Braille is different than reading print, and his ongoing research about how Braille is taught. Here’s a link to Dr. Englebretson’s home page, And one to the Braille IPA specification, including …

FSCast 212, archive of the February 2022 FSOpenLine

FSCast March 10, 2022March 10, 2022

On the archive of the February 2022 FSOpenLine, we take your calls on a variety of topics including: new VocalizerExpressive voices in the latest software updates, keystrokes for identifying the site to which a link points, finding out where a file will be saved, Eloquence spontaneously getting louder mid sentence, and certain video cards hijacking …

FSCast 211, Chancey Fleet talks training workshops offered by the New York Public Library, and an intro to working at the Windows Command Prompt

FSCast February 23, 2022February 23, 2022

On FSCast 211, Chancey Fleet discusses training workshops offered by the New York Public Library, many of which are online and available to everyone. She’s also quite the expert on 3D printing and will share some resources for doing that accessibly. Then Glen demonstrates using the new Windows Terminal, and gives an introduction to working …

FSCast 210,Marine biologist Maureen Hayden, plus Independence Science making science labs accessible

FSCast January 26, 2022January 26, 2022

On FSCast 210, we’ll focus on science. Maureen Hayden will share her experiences being low vision and doing her Ph.D. in marine biology. Then Dr. Greg Williams and Ashley Neybert from Independence Science demonstrate the Talking LabQuest and Logger Pro® software, tools for making science experiments accessible. Of course, JAWS plays an active role in …