News from the cutting edge of assistive technology
You’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 accessibilityTen months down, two to go. The year is flying by but the goal we set out to accomplish at the beginning of the year was met today – namely making sure we release JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion 2019 at the same time. JAWS 2019 posted this past Tuesday; ZoomText 2019 and Fusion 2019 post …
Read More Our goal is reached! JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion 2019 coordinated releaseThe October edition of FSOpenLine, Freedom Scientific’s global call-in show, keeps you informed of new developments and answers listener questions from around the world. Right click this link to save the podcast
Read More FSCast 161, archive of the October 2018 FSOpenLineGoogle released version 70 of the Chrome Browser this week, and you may notice that navigating combo boxes has changed when using JAWS – no, you are not doing anything wrong. This change in behavior is due to how the new Chrome version handles events, which in turn impacts combo boxes. This change impacts users …
Read More JAWS Support of Chrome 70Public beta 2 of JAWS 2019 is just around the corner. Eric Damery and Jonathan Mosen discuss and demonstrate the new features. Soon, there’ll be a new option for licensing JAWS and ZoomText if you’re a home user in the United States. Jonathan demonstrates the new portal for Home Annual licenses as it nears completion. …
Read More FSCast 160, what’s new in JAWS 2019 beta 2, a demonstration of our new Home Annual licensing portal for US customers, and Jonathan Mosen says goodbyeThe September edition of FSOpenLine, Freedom Scientific’s global call-in show, keeps you informed of new developments and answers listener questions from around the world. Right click this link to save the podcast
Read More FSCast 159, archive of the September 2018 FSOpenLineWhen someone is as well recognized and regarded as Jonathan Mosen, it is hard to consider our company without his presence… his spirit, his informed perspective, and of course, his unique voice and the way he gets others to open up on our FScast interviews. It’s true. Jonathan will be leaving us soon for a …
Read More Saying good bye to an old friend…When young people who are blind or low vision are equipped with the skills to use mainstream computing technology, they’re gaining skills that prepare them for future study and employment. With JAWS, ZoomText or Fusion, they can most efficiently use popular apps that embrace accessibility such as Microsoft Office, or much trickier proprietary apps unique …
Read More Thanks to our partnership with CFTB, 27 blind Missouri students learn the power of JAWS, ZoomText and FusionThe next major release of our screen reading software, JAWS 2019, is about to enter public beta as this podcast is published. Eric Damery takes us through some of the new features available immediately, and those planned for the JAWS 2019 cycle. Jonathan Mosen speaks with Stuart Lawler, who has a new role with Sight …
Read More FSCast 158, Eric Damery unveils JAWS 2019, Stuart Lawler talks Sight and Sounds expansion to Ireland