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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 January 2022 is Alexis, a ninth grader from Oregon. Alexis started learning Braille at age three, and now primarily …
Read More January 2022 Freedom Scientific Student of the MonthBraille is an essential tool that promotes literacy for individuals who are blind. It provides a means of reading and writing at home, in school, and in the workplace that can’t be substituted by any other means of accessibility. Braille is widely produced on paper and made available via technology such as refreshable braille displays, …
Read More How Digital Content Empowers Braille LiteracyOn FSCast 210, we’ll focus on science. Maureen Hayden will share her experiences being low vision and doing her Ph.D. in marine biology. Then Dr. Greg Williams and Ashley Neybert from Independence Science demonstrate the Talking LabQuest and Logger Pro® software, tools for making science experiments accessible. Of course, JAWS plays an active role in …
Read More FSCast 210,Marine biologist Maureen Hayden, plus Independence Science making science labs accessibleAre you looking for ways to refine and polish Word documents? Want to know how to navigate the Microsoft Editor more efficiently with JAWS? Join us Thursday, January 20 at noon Eastern time for a live webinar, “Prep and Proof Word Documents with the Microsoft Editor and JAWS.” What Is the Microsoft Editor? The Microsoft …
Read More Prep and Proof Word Documents with the Microsoft Editor and JAWSWant to learn how to overcome challenges of low vision? Join us Thursday, January 13, 2022 at Noon Eastern time for a webinar, Low Vision Basics – The Importance of Lighting, Eye Protection, and Magnification. What We’ll Cover? The right lighting, eye protection, and magnification make all the difference when performing tasks such as reading, …
Read More Join Us for Low Vision Basics – The Importance of Lighting, Eye Protection, and MagnificationThe 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 FSOpenLine