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

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.

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March 2022 Freedom Scientific Student of the Month

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 March 2022 is Mercy, a fifth-grader from Pennsylvania. Mercy uses ZoomText Magnifier/Reader software to complete her schoolwork. She enjoys …

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

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 …

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FSCast 212, archive of the February 2022 FSOpenLine

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 …

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February 2022 Freedom Scientific Student of the Month

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 2022 is Brennan, a senior from California. Before his senior year, Brennan primarily used a Braille notetaker to …

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

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 …

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Join Us for FSOpenLine

FSOpenLine, Freedom Scientific’s global call-in show, will take place Thursday, February 24 at 3 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 December FSOpenLine, we discussed …

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