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Do you use Gmail at home, work, or school? Want access to all its features plus direct access to other Google Workspace applications? Join us Thursday, March 18 at noon Eastern Time for a webinar, “Using JAWS with Gmail in Standard View.” What Is Standard View? Many screen reader users are familiar with the Gmail …
Read More Join Us for Using JAWS with Gmail in Standard ViewOn the archive of the February FSOpenLine, highlights of February software updates, improved compatibility of JAWS with AVG/Avast antivirus, and your calls on a variety of topics including: Using the Canvas and Blackboard learning platforms, JAWS sluggishness in audio editors, excessive chattiness of recent versions of Zoom, and showing UEB attribute markers in Braille. Activate …
Read More FSCast 196 – FSOpenLine, February 2021The seventh module in our JAWS Training for Teachers and AT Instructors is available on our Teaching Resources page. Each module in the series builds upon the last, and contains lessons, videos, and a quiz. What’s in Module 7? Module 7, Using Surf’s Up as a Teaching Tool provides a review of surfing the internet …
Read More Module 7 of JAWS Training for Teachers and AT InstructorsThe 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 February 2021 is Campbell, a high school student from Tennessee. As a home schooled student, Campbell has employed numerous …
Read More February 2021, Freedom Scientific Student of the MonthOn FSCast 195 we’ll meet civil rights activist Ever Lee Hairston. From fighting discrimination and demonstrating with Dr. Martin Luther King, to her journey with vision loss and becoming a leader in the NFB, she has lots of life experience to share. Then orientation and mobility instructor Lil Deverell talks about mental mapping and its …
Read More FSCast 195, Civil rights activist Ever Lee Hairston, and O&M instructor Lil DeverellFSOpenLine, Freedom Scientific’s global call-in show, will take place Thursday, February 25 at 3 P.M. Eastern Time. Do you have questions about our products or an idea you’d like to share? Join us and have your voice heard by key members of Freedom Scientific’s product management and engineering teams. During the November FSOpenLine, we discussed: …
Read More Join Us for FSOpenLineDo you use ZoomText at home, school or at work? Are you not sure if ZoomText is right for you? You have a hard time seeing the computer? This webinar is for you! Please join top software expert Ben Knolls on Thursday, February 18, 2021 at noon Eastern time.Bring your questions! What We’ll Cover Use …
Read More Join us for a ZoomText Software WebinarThe sixth module in our JAWS Training for Teachers and AT Instructors is available on our Teaching Resources page. Each module in the series builds upon the last, and contains lessons, videos, and a quiz. What’s in Module 6? Module 6, Popular Tools with JAWS covers applications commonly used in the classroom and for remote …
Read More Module 6 of JAWS Training for Teachers and AT InstructorsThe 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 2021 is Luke, a sixth grader from Missouri. Luke has used Freedom Scientific products for the past four …
Read More January 2021, Freedom Scientific Student of the MonthAs Braille Literacy Month comes to a close, we want to share a story about the integral role braille plays at home, in school, and in the workplace. Marco Midon serves as Project Manager for NASA’s Space Weather Follow-On (SWFO) Antenna Network (SAN). This spacecraft, which is set to launch in 2025, is designed to …
Read More Celebrating Braille Literacy at Home, in School and in the Workplace