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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 EventsOn 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 …
Read More FSCast 218, Eric Damery looks back on his careerTo celebrate Disability Pride month, Aira Tech Corp. and Starbucks® are teaming up to provide a one-of-a-kind meetup experience. When you visit participating Starbucks stores on the dates listed below, you can take part in a curated coffee tasting and food pairing experience with a Starbucks barista—all while learning about Aira’s visual interpreting service at …
Read More Meet Aira at StarbucksCould 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 WebinarOn 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 …
Read More FSCast 217, archive of the June 2022 FSOpenLineThe 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 July conference schedule, rather than featuring a student this month, we are highlighting a few of our favorite stories. Brennan Brennan …
Read More Student of the Month HighlightsThe 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 EventsOn 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 …
Read More FSCast 216, A demo of the new JAWS Notification History Manager, and a visit with Richard OehmDo you enjoy solving puzzles as part of a team? Have you ever wanted to participate in an escape room? Sign up for our Accessible Escape Room at the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) National Convention being held July 5-10 in New Orleans. What Is An Escape Room? An escape room is a popular …
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