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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 December 2021 is Matthew, a ninth-grader from Texas. Matthew first began learning JAWS when he was six years old …
Read More December 2021 Freedom Scientific Student of the MonthThanks to your valuable suggestions and feedback, the Freedom Scientific User Education and Outreach Team introduced many enhancements in 2021. As the year comes to a close, we reflect on those changes and look forward to 2022. Vispero Low Vision Hardware Survey In 2021, the User Education and Outreach Team launched a survey to collect …
Read More 2021 Year-End ReviewOn FSCast 209, Ryan Jones is here to talk about the process of running is annual Christmas light show involving thousands of lights choreographed to music. He does everything from putting lights on the roof to sequencing the light display using special software that JAWS makes accessible. Then we’ll meet Pedro Zurita who has spent …
Read More FSCast 209, Ryan Jones’ Christmas light show, and international blindness advocate Pedro ZuritaDo you or someone you know have Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) or another retinal disorder? Are you looking for a solution that will enhance daily activities and increase independence? Join Mike Wood, Vispero Strategic Accounts Manager – Education, and Brian Schleiger, Eyedaptic Sales Manager, Thursday, December 16 at Noon Eastern time for a live webinar, …
Read More Join Us for a Webinar on the Eyedaptic EYE3 GlassesOn the archive of the December FSOpenLine, we take your calls on a variety of topics including: ideas to improve Text Analyzer, JAWS failing to announce word count when reading the Word Status Bar, shortcut keys for JAWS speech history, simplified Braille tables for Braille learners, and the status of JAWS running on computers that …
Read More FSCast 208, archive of December 2021 FSOpenLineThe Access Technology Affordability Act (ATAA) of 2021 is a bill that makes access technology more affordable to Americans who are blind and visually impaired. It creates a $2,000 refundable tax credit to eligible persons for the purchase of access technology over a three-year period. House bill H.R. 431 is sponsored by Rep. Mike Thompson …
Read More Support the Access Technology Affordability Act of 2021The 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 November 2021 is Olivia, a seventh grader from Missouri. Olivia has been a JAWS user since the fourth grade, …
Read More November 2021 Freedom Scientific Student of the MonthFSOpenLine, Freedom Scientific’s global call-in show, will take place Thursday, December 2 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 August FSOpenLine, we provided …
Read More Join Us for FSOpenLineOn FSCast 207, improvements to Tandem security require JAWS and Fusion to be up to date, and Richard Kuzma tells us how he’s using a combination of Tandem and Voice Assistant to support a fellow blind user. Though Windows 11 sports a new visual look, it’s very much like Windows 10 if you’re a JAWS …
Read More FSCast 207, What’s new in Windows 11, and an interview with Cassandra McNabb McKinneyFSOpenLine is Freedom Scientific’s global call-in show, and an adjunct to our podcast, FSCast. The next episode will take place on Thursday, December 2 at 8 PM Eastern time. We will host FSOpenLine on Zoom, and broadcast live on the Clubhouse app. You will be able to ask questions on both platforms. In addition, we …
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