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We’re ready for the next major version of Microsoft Windows, the Spring Creators Update. Eric Damery discusses our plans to ensure you’ll be ready for the update when Microsoft pushes it to your computer, and we look at other changes in the April update of our JAWS ® screen reading software. At the recent CSUN …
Read More FSCast 152, April 2018 JAWS Update, Miguel AbdoOne thing’s for sure. The only constant in technology is change. Approximately every six months, Microsoft releases a major new version of Windows. They also add significant feature enhancements to Office 365 regularly. We’re staying on top of the changes, so you can be efficient and productive. We start by testing new Microsoft software at …
Read More Freedom Scientific software and the Microsoft Windows 10 Spring Creators Update, what you need to knowHello from the CSUN Technology and persons with Disabilities conference, where many of us at Freedom Scientific and the wider VFO family are here to exchange ideas and information. Once we’re back to reality, one of my delightful tasks will be to assemble an audio congratulatory card for Ted Henter. If you’ve been using blindness …
Read More Contributing to our audio congratulations card for Ted HenterUsers of our JAWS® screen reading software know it’s packed with features that make using a computer as a blind person efficient and effective. It’s such a powerful product that we all benefit from the nuggets of information JAWS users share with one another about how they use JAWS effectively in a given situation. Some …
Read More Got a favorite JAWS feature? Share it for possible use in “JAWS Bytes Live”Last October, we recommended that our customers who use Mozilla’s Firefox web browser migrate temporarily to its Extended Support Release (ESR). Beginning with version 57, Firefox adopted a multiprocess methodology, which drastically impacted screen reader performance. This post updates you on the steps Mozilla and Freedom Scientific have been taking to make newer versions of …
Read More Mozilla and Freedom Scientific working together on Firefox compatibilityMost of us visit a few websites regularly, and our familiarity with those sites speeds up our use of them. A well-structured website is a pleasure to use with JAWS, thanks to all the navigation quick keys that provide for moving by common elements such as links, form controls and headings. You can also invoke …
Read More Responsive Web Design: Why one site can behave differently on different PCs and browsersIntroduction Recently, we received a Blog comment from a reader who was concerned about what he perceives to be the excessive cost of the technology we produce at Freedom Scientific. We were grateful to the customer for engaging with us. Rather than bury our response in a comment to an existing post, we want by …
Read More Extending Our Reach. Making JAWS More Available Outside the WorkplaceThose of us old enough to have watched TV ads from the late 70s might remember the commercial for Remington shavers, with the famous line, “I liked it so much, I bought the company”. Here’s a variation on that theme. At this time of year, many of us are at our most reflective, as we …
Read More Meet Chad Hays. He liked it so much, he bought a companyBackground Have you ever been frustrated by all the clutter you’re confronted with on web pages? The web seems to offer so much promise. You know the material you want is there somewhere, but it can be difficult sometimes to find that gold nugget of information you’re after. You know that if you could see …
Read More Flexible Web. Clear the clutter, harness the powerOverview On November 14, Mozilla is expected to release a new version of its Firefox web browser. Firefox 57 represents such a significant technical and performance change that it’s going to be known as Firefox Quantum. Mozilla and mainstream reviewers of the beta code agree, the browser is much faster and more memory efficient. …
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