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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 2022 is Svetlana, a senior from Missouri. Svetlana began using JAWS in 2017. As a homeschooled student, she …
Read More July 2022 Freedom Scientific Student of the MonthThe Freedom Scientific training team offers ongoing opportunities for you to advance your skills. We’re excited to announce our jam-packed August training schedule, where you’re sure to find something that will help you at work, school, or play. If no time is listed for an event, access the link to get the time and other …
Read More Join Us for Our August 2022 Training EventsCould you benefit from using JAWS power tips with Microsoft Office, Teams, and Outlook? Join us Thursday, July 21 at noon Eastern time for a live webinar, “JAWS Power Tips for Increasing Productivity in Work and Play.” What We’ll Cover We’ll recap older tips and introduce you to new ones. We’ll show you how to: …
Read More Learn JAWS Power Tips in Our July 21 WebinarThe Freedom Scientific training team offers ongoing opportunities for you to advance your skills. We’re excited to announce our July training schedule, where you’re sure to find something that will help you at work or play. Due to our participation in summer conventions, we will hold fewer events than usual. We will resume our normal …
Read More Join Us for Our July 2022 Training EventsFSOpenLine, Freedom Scientific’s global call-in show, will take place Thursday, June 23 at 8 PM Eastern time. Do you have questions about our products or an idea you want to share? Join us and have your voice heard by key members of Freedom Scientific’s product management and engineering teams. During the February FSOpenLine, we discussed …
Read More Join Us for FSOpenLineWe want to notify you of a few changes to our June schedule. Vispero is closed Monday in observance of Juneteenth, so “Ask Sharky: Amazon Shopping with JAWS” is rescheduled for Tuesday, June 21. Also, due to ACB Convention activities, the June 23 Vispero ACB Community Event, “An Overview of Using Zoom and JAWS,” will …
Read More Updates to Our June 2022 Training ScheduleDo you collaborate with others using Google Docs? Want to learn how to access and navigate comments and suggested revisions? Join us Thursday, June 16 at noon Eastern time for a live webinar, “Prep and Proof Google Docs Using Suggested Edits and Comments with JAWS.” About Google Docs Google Docs is a free online word …
Read More Using Suggested Edits and Comments in Google Docs with JAWSThe Freedom Scientific training team offers ongoing opportunities for you to advance your skills. We’re excited to announce our jam-packed June training schedule, where you’re sure to find something that will help you at work or play. If no time is listed for an event, access the link to get the time and other details. …
Read More Join Us for Our June 2022 Training EventsAre you in the market for an optical character recognition (OCR) device? Want to get the most out of scanning and reading text with an OCR device? Join us Thursday, May 26 at noon Eastern time for a live webinar, “Tips and Tricks for a More Enjoyable OCR Experience.” Mike Wood and Michelle Williams will …
Read More Join Us for Tips and Tricks for a More Enjoyable OCR ExperienceAre you a teacher of the visually impaired (TVI) or assistive technology (AT) instructor tasked with teaching JAWS? Do you struggle with knowing where to begin with each student? Join Vispero and The American Printing House for the Blind (APH) Tuesday, May 24 at 11:30 AM Eastern time for a live webinar, “Training the Trainer, …
Read More Join Us for Training the Trainer, Where to Start When Teaching JAWS