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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. Due to the busy holiday season, rather than featuring a student this month, we are highlighting a few of our favorite stories. McKayla McKayla has …
Read More January 2023 Student of the Month HighlightsThanks to your valuable suggestions, the Freedom Scientific User Education and Outreach Team introduced many enhancements and new training initiatives in 2022. As the year comes to a close, we reflect on those successes and look forward to 2023. Themed Webinars This past year we began offering themed webinars on common features of frequently used …
Read More 2022 Year-End ReviewThe Freedom Scientific training team offers ongoing opportunities for you to join us in live training sessions and advance your skills. We’re excited to announce our jam-packed January training schedule, where you’re sure to find something that will help you at work, school, or play. If you have questions or need assistance with registration, email …
Read More Join Us for Our January 2023 Training EventsAre you looking for ways to quickly locate information on web pages? Want to learn about JAWS features for navigating the web more efficiently? Join us Thursday, December 15 at Noon Eastern time for a live webinar, “Clear the Clutter: Personalize Your Web Experience with JAWS.” What We’ll Cover Navigating web pages that contain a …
Read More Learn How to Personalize Your Web Experience with JAWSOn FSCast 224, it’s the archive of the November 2022 FSOpenLine. We discuss improved support for the Outlook Scheduling assistant in JAWS 2023, and take your questions on a variety of topics including: searching for commands in JAWS and Office apps, preventing mail from going to the Outlook Junk folder, and providing resources to people …
Read More FSCast 224, archive of the November 2022 FSOpenLineThe Freedom Scientific Student of the Month for December 2022 is McKayla, a junior from Texas. This 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. McKayla has been a JAWS user since she was introduced to the software in kindergarten. …
Read More December 2022 Student of the MonthThe Freedom Scientific training team offers ongoing opportunities for you to join us in live training sessions and advance your skills. We’re excited to announce our jam-packed December training schedule, where you’re sure to find something that will help you at work, school, or play. If you have questions or need assistance with registration, email …
Read More Join Us for Our December 2022 Training EventsOn FSCast 223, it’s the Second Annual Audio Description Awards put on by the American Council of the Blind. We’ll hear about some of the winners and talk about all things audio description with Kim Charlson, co-chair of the ACB Audio Description Project, and Thomas Reid, audio description narrator and host of the Gala two …
Read More FSCast 223, Kim Charlson & Thomas Reid discuss the 2022 Audio Description AwardsStarting at a very young age, people begin to think about what they want to do and who they want to be when they grow up. Once they experience different aspects of life and pursue varying avenues of education, these expectations may change. People may face challenges and obstacles while striving to achieve their goals …
Read More Challenging Expectations at WorkDo you want to learn more about the enhancements in JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion 2023? Want to see some of the features in action? Join us for a live webinar, “New Features of JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion 2023.” About JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion 2023 JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion 2023 are the latest software releases from …
Read More Come Learn About New Features of JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion 2023