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The 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 April 2024 is Mina, a tenth grader from California who we had the unique opportunity to interview in-person at …
Read More April 2024 Student of the MonthThe 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 March 2024 is Arushi, a senior from Washington State. Arushi, who has been using JAWS since the 8th grade, …
Read More March 2024 Student of the MonthThe 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 2024 is Darren, a college freshman from California. Darren has been using JAWS and ZoomText since elementary school, …
Read More February 2024 Student of the MonthThe 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 2024 is Kate, a senior from California. Kate uses JAWS and the Focus Braille Display in class to …
Read More January 2024 Student of the MonthThe 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 December 2023 is Willow, a fifth grader from Indiana. Willow began learning keyboarding in first grade and has been …
Read More December 2023 Student of the MonthThe 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. Rather than featuring a student this month, we are highlighting three of our past winners. Alan Alan is a seventh grader from Pennsylvania. Blind since …
Read More November 2023 Student of the Month HighlightsDon’t miss your opportunity to submit your ideas to the Next Big Thing contest and help shape the future of JAWS and ZoomText. Submit a three-minute video explaining your software ideas by tonight, Monday, October 16 at midnight Eastern time. What to Include Introduce yourself or your team. Share the details of your software feature …
Read More Last Day to Submit Your Ideas for the Next Big Thing ContestThe 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 September 2023 is Belen, a sophomore from Ohio. Belen uses JAWS to complete her schoolwork and navigate applications like …
Read More September 2023 Student of the MonthThe 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 August 2023 is Brock from Tennessee. He will begin attending the University of Alabama in the fall, where he …
Read More August 2023 Student of the MonthThe 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 July 2023 is Alan, a seventh grader from Pennsylvania. Blind since birth, Alan uses JAWS and the Focus Braille …
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