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Learning to use the JAWS screen reader opens up a multitude of opportunities for performing common computer-based tasks such as creating documents, reading news items, accessing social media, and navigating the Internet. Whether you are new to using JAWS or teaching others how to harness the power of this valuable tool, there are some important …
Read More Preparing for Your Foray into Learning JAWSThe January JAWS update brings a more streamlined method of installing Vocalizer Voices, along with sounds to indicate spelling errors in Microsoft Word and Outlook. John and Larry Gassman show these new features in action and chat with Eric Damery about them. They also offer up the Freedom Scientific presentation schedule at the annual CSUN …
Read More FSCast 166 – Streamlined installation of Vocalizer Expressive voices, new sounds in Word and Outlook to indicate spelling errors, and the Freedom Scientific CSUN presentation scheduleJAWS is a powerful screen reading application with many useful features that provide access to a wealth of information across multiple platforms. Whether you use it to navigate screen content or are teaching others to do so, there are several distinct advantages to knowing its various keystrokes and capabilities. JAWS includes a vast array of …
Read More Advantages of Getting to Know JAWSTechnology is constantly evolving, and with it arises the need to introduce new and innovative features designed to empower product users, parents, teachers, and other professionals at every level. Whether you use or teach Fusion, JAWS, or ZoomText, there is much to be gained by tapping into the full potential of the applications depended on …
Read More Benefits of Participating in Ongoing FS TrainingRosemary Kleske, Beta Manager, discusses her favorite JAWS feature, “Virtualize Window.” Elly Du Pre is the director of Beyond Vision Loss in Florida, and George Tice is a veteran of Desert Storm who lost his sight and has learned JAWS. This month marks the beginning of a new era; one in which all episodes …
Read More FSCast 165 – A JAWS Byte from Beta Manager Rosemary Kleske, stories from director of Beyond Vision Loss Elly Du Pre, and the tenacity of Desert Storm veteran George TiceIn the early days, JAWS basic training was recorded on cassettes, was included with the software, and contained all you needed to begin your exploration into just what the JAWS screen reader could do. From one tone-indexed section to the next, you were taken through a series of guided lessons and exercises designed to develop …
Read More What’s New with FS TrainingNews about December updates, last chance to renew SMAs at 2018 prices, a discussion of Microsoft’s upcoming revamp of the Edge web browser, and of course your calls. Right click this link to save the podcast
Read More FSCast 164 – Archive of December 2018 FSOpenLineNew Hosts John and Larry Gassman Introduce themselves, Eric Damery discusses December Updates of JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion 2019 releases plus home annual subscription licensing, and The Gassmans chat with Curtis Chong, long time user of Freedom Scientific Access Technology and one of the true innovators and Accessible Technology pioneers. Right click to download …
Read More FSCast 163, New Hosts John and Larry Gassman Introduce themselves, Eric Damery discusses December Updates, and Gassmans chat with Curtis Chong, innovator and Accessible Technology pioneerYou’re not losing your mind; web sites may have a completely different layout for you than for your friends and relations. I had this topic driven home for me last weekend using JAWS when trying to buy a Kindle book on Amazon.com. The Amazon site on all three of my desktop browsers kept telling me …
Read More Beware The Cookie MonsterHal Knight has one of the most familiar voices to people calling the U.S. Freedom Scientific sales department. Most people don’t know that before joining Freedom in 2000, he spent 25 years+ on WPOR as one of Maine’s most popular country music DJs. Hal is also a great storyteller as you’ll hear in his conversation …
Read More FSCast 162, Hal Knight with stories from his broadcast radio career, and Rob Santello talks ham radio accessibility