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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 August 2022 is Ky’Ren, a senior from Louisiana. Ky’Ren uses JAWS and ZoomText to complete schoolwork both in and …
Read More August 2022 Freedom Scientific Student of the MonthThe February updates of JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion 2022 are here. No matter whi ch product you use, you will benefit from the new features and enhancements. Here are several examples. New Vocalizer Voices and Languages The Add/Remove Voices utility in JAWS and Fusion 2022 now contains 27 new voices and six new languages. New …
Read More What’s New in the February 2022 Software Updates?Want to know about all of the powerful new features in Fusion Suite 2022? Join us Thursday, November 18 at Noon Eastern time for a live webinar with Eric Damery and Ben Knolles. What Is Fusion Suite 2022? Fusion Suite 2022 refers to the latest release of Freedom Scientific’s JAWS screen reader, ZoomText screen magnifier, …
Read More Join Us for Fusion Suite 2022 with Eric Damery and Ben KnollesFSOpenLine, Freedom Scientific’s global call-in show, will take place Thursday, August 26 at 5 PM 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 May FSOpenLine, we discussed …
Read More Join Us for FSOpenLineThe May updates of JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion are here! No matter which product you use, you will benefit from exciting new features and enhancements. Here are several examples. Improvements to Voice Assistant Voice Assistant was introduced in the initial 2021 release of JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion. This feature gives users a new way to …
Read More What’s New in the May 2021 Software Updates?The April updates of JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion are here! No matter which product you use, you will benefit from our new features and enhancements. This post offers several examples. Change the Wake Word for Voice Assistant By default, Voice Assistant listens for the wake word “Sharky” for JAWS and “Zoomy” for ZoomText and Fusion …
Read More What’s New in the April 2021 Software Updates?Do 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 WebinarThanks to your valuable feedback and suggestions, the Freedom Scientific Training Department introduced many enhancements this year. As 2020 comes to a close, we reflect on those changes and look forward to 2021. Software Licensing Offers During COVID-19 In March, Vispero responded to the global COVID-19 pandemic by offering free Home licenses of JAWS, ZoomText, …
Read More 2020 Year-End ReviewThe August software releases of JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion offer new features and improvements. These include: Notification of major upgrades, (JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion, English only) A fix that applies personalized web settings (JAWS and Fusion) An added help topic for Microsoft Edge (JAWS and Fusion) A fix for reading chat messages in Zoom (JAWS …
Read More What’s New in the August Freedom Scientific Software Releases?This month, we unveiled the all new Freedom Scientific Training Podcast, giving you access to our training content anytime, anywhere. Though the Freedom Scientific Podcast page contains instructions for subscribing and accessing episodes, we have also put together a short video training, “How to Access Freedom Scientific Training Without Your Computer!” This training demonstrates subscribing …
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