News from the cutting edge of assistive technology
FSOpenLine, 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 15th session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) will take place June 14-16, 2022, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. This year’s over-arching theme is “Building disability-inclusive and participatory societies in the COVID context and beyond.” As part of this online …
Read More Learn About New Assistive Technology Software InitiativesAre you looking for ways to perform daily activities using video magnification? Join us Thursday, June 9 at noon Eastern time for a live webinar, “Tips from the Field on Using Magnification for Home-Based and Self-Care Tasks.” What You’ll Learn Mike Wood and Michelle Williams will provide tips for choosing the right products to perform …
Read More Learn Tips on Using Magnification for Everyday TasksThe 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 Students of the Month for May 2022 are two sisters from Alabama, Ivy-Ann and Saffy, who are 13 and 12 years old. Home-schooled by …
Read More May 2022 Freedom Scientific Students of the MonthThe 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 ExperienceOn FSCast 215, we’ll get to know long-time developer Joe Stephen. In addition to his work on JAWS, he does manual labor on his family farm in rural Tasmania and manages to find the time to add accessibility support to some handheld ham radios. Then Toby Willis will be here to talk about Expedia and …
Read More FSCast 215, Joe Stephen, long time JAWS developer, and Toby Willis, Senior Product Manager for Inclusive Travel at Expedia GroupAre 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