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Are you looking for ways to navigate more quickly in Outlook with JAWS? Want tips for increasing your productivity while using e-mail? Join us with special guest Eric Damery Thursday, May 20 at noon Eastern time for a live webinar, “Outlook Tips and Tricks for Power JAWS Users.” What Is Outlook? Included in the Microsoft …
Read More Join Us for Outlook Tips and Tricks for Power JAWS UsersThe ninth module of our JAWS training for teachers and Assistive Technology (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 9? Module 9, JAWS Dictionary Manager, provides an overview of using the Dictionary Manager in …
Read More Module 9 of JAWS Training for Teachers and AT InstructorsDo you have difficulty reading Adobe Acrobat files (PDFs) with JAWS? Are you looking for keyboard commands that will improve the reading experience? Join us Thursday, April 15 at noon Eastern time for a live webinar, “Cracking the Code, Tips for Reading PDFs with JAWS.” What are PDFs? PDF stands for portable document format. PDF …
Read More Join Us for Cracking the Code, Tips for Reading PDFs with JAWSDid you know you can use speech and sound schemes so JAWS will alert you to changes on the screen, such as using a deeper voice for bold text? If you have a creative scheme and want to share it with fellow JAWS users, consider taking part in the Freedom Scientific Speech and Sound Schemes …
Read More Freedom Scientific JAWS Speech and Sound Schemes ContestThe eighth module of 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 8? Module 8, JAWS and Braille provides an overview of setting up a refreshable braille display and …
Read More Module 8 of JAWS Training for Teachers and AT InstructorsDo 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 ViewThe 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 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 InstructorsBraille Viewer provides onscreen textual representation of the output received on a refreshable braille display. This JAWS and Fusion feature is a helpful tool for sighted teachers, parents, script writers, and testers who do not read braille or who have limited to no access to a braille display. Braille Viewer also enables teachers to help …
Read More Use Braille Viewer to Encourage Braille LiteracyDo you use Microsoft Teams with JAWS at work or school? Need to access valuable features using the keyboard? Join us Thursday, January 21 at noon Eastern time for a live webinar, “Microsoft Teams and JAWS, Beyond the Basics.” What Is Microsoft Teams? Microsoft Teams is an Office 365 chat-based collaboration platform. It contains everything …
Read More Join Us for Microsoft Teams and JAWS, Beyond the Basics