Latest Assistivetechnology Podcast Episodes
FSCast 196 - FSOpenLine, February 2021
Freedom Scientific FSCast - March 11, 2021 18:47 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsOn the archive of the February FSOpenLine, highlights of the 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 c...
ZoomText Magnifier with Speech
Freedom Scientific Training Podcast - March 05, 2021 11:00 - 43 minutesIn this session, join our special guest Ben Knolles, AT Engineer with Vispero/The Paciello Group, along with Matt Ater and Eric Damery as they discuss and give an in-depth demonstration of new and existing ZoomText features. Topics discussed include: An introduction to Voice Assistant – how t...
FS Skill Building and Review: Write, Edit, and Collaborate Using Google Docs and JAWS
Freedom Scientific Training Podcast - February 27, 2021 00:04 - 23 minutesThis webinar highlights many of the powerful features that Google Docs has to offer. Whether you use it at home, school, or work, you’ll benefit from this task-based training highlighting important editing and formatting tools that make document creation and collaboration possible with this popu...
How to Join FS Open Line
Freedom Scientific Training Podcast - February 25, 2021 10:00 - 59 secondsIn this mini-episode, you'll hear a quick tutorial on how to participate in FS Open Line. FSOpenLine is Freedom Scientific’s call-in show, and an adjunct to our podcast, FSCast. Since 2006, we’ve used FSCast to inform you of the latest developments here at Freedom Scientific, and in recent yea...
FSCast 195, Civil rights activist Ever Lee Hairston, and O&M instructor Lil Deverell
Freedom Scientific FSCast - February 24, 2021 18:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsOn 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 Lil Deverell talks about mental m...
FS Skill Building and Review: Improving JAWS Skills in Outlook
Freedom Scientific Training Podcast - February 20, 2021 00:00 - 30 minutesWant to send and receive e-mails with ease while gaining access to the powerful calendar and meeting features Microsoft Outlook has to offer? Whether you use it with JAWS or are instructing others on how to do so, our step-by-step approach shows you how to complete various tasks while introducin...
FS Skill Building and Review: Easy Listening and Configuring Voices
Freedom Scientific Training Podcast - February 12, 2021 21:01 - 29 minutesIn this session we discuss a variety of tasks for selecting and configuring different voice settings. Use these tools and tips to customize how you want to hear JAWS, or Fusion speak. Items covered in this session include the following: Accessing voice settings Adding and removing voices ...
FS Skill Building and Review: Improving JAWS Skills in Excel
Freedom Scientific Training Podcast - February 05, 2021 22:53 - 36 minutesWant to improve your JAWS skills in Microsoft Excel? Interested in learning about new features that add accessibility to the application? Whether you’re new to Excel, a long-time user seeking more information about the latest functionality with JAWS, or an instructor needing additional tools and...
Ebu Access Cast 28
EBU Access Cast - February 01, 2021 18:23 - 2 hoursWelcome back to EBU Access Cast - podcast about assistive technology for blind and partially sighted people. This is episode 28 transcript. We wish you all the best for a happy and healthy 2021! In this post-Christmas episode, we review some of the new personal gadgets. Tanja present...
Using PowerPoint with JAWS
Freedom Scientific Training Podcast - January 29, 2021 23:09 - 22 minutesAre you new to using Microsoft PowerPoint? Want to learn more about creating powerful presentations in this popular application? Whether you use JAWS and PowerPoint or are instructing others on how to do so, we introduce important tasks, provide keyboard commands, and show you some of the new an...
FSCast 194, Braille Transcriber Matthew Horspool and Duxbury Software creator Joe Sullivan
Freedom Scientific FSCast - January 27, 2021 18:31 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsOn FSCast 194, Matthew Horspool shows us how he uses JAWS Speech and Sound Schemes. He’ll also talk about the perils of having perfect pitch, and the challenges of working as a braille transcriber. Then Joe Sullivan discusses the early years of developing the Duxbury Braille Translator. ...
Microsoft Teams and JAWS, Beyond the Basics
Freedom Scientific Training Podcast - January 22, 2021 23:45 - 48 minutesIn this session, Matt Ater, Vice President of Software Engineering and Corporate Business Development, goes beyond the basics and demonstrates how to do the following with JAWS 2021 and Microsoft Teams: Navigate the Teams interface Use chat and post in Teams channels Attach and open files ...
Access at Your Fingertips, the Focus Blue Braille Display
Freedom Scientific Training Podcast - January 15, 2021 22:08 - 22 minutesListen to this episode to learn more about using refreshable braille with your computer or mobile device. In Access at Your Fingertips, the Focus Blue Braille Display, we cover the following: A quick overview of the Focus and its functions How to connect the Focus via USB or Bluetooth Sel...
Celebrating Braille Literacy!
Freedom Scientific Training Podcast - January 08, 2021 21:50 - 43 minutesWant to get more out of your braille hardware? Have questions about a specific device? To get answers to these questions and more, stream or download our training, “Celebrating Braille Literacy! Come and ask your braille hardware questions!” In this session, we provide an overview of our brail...
JAWS OCR, What It Is and How It Works!
Freedom Scientific Training Podcast - December 31, 2020 16:55 - 13 minutesNeed to read inaccessible PDF documents? Want to access them with a few simple commands? Stream our training, “JAWS OCR: What It Is and How It Works!” During this episode, we will: Describe OCR and discuss its benefits Demonstrate how to access the Convenient OCR feature in JAWS Provide k...
FSCast 193, Student Of The Month Taylor Cox, and JAWS developer Mohammed Laachir
Freedom Scientific FSCast - December 22, 2020 16:39 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsOn FSCast 193 we’ll meet Taylor Cox. She’s our first Freedom Scientific Student of the Month. Then it’s over to Amsterdam for a visit with Mohammed Laachir. We’ll hear how he rapidly switched from using ZoomText to using JAWS full-time, and how he went from being an FSOpenLine caller to a JAW...
Using Microsoft Word with JAWS
Freedom Scientific Training Podcast - December 18, 2020 22:24 - 34 minutesAre you new to Microsoft Word? Want to learn more about creating and accessing documents in this popular word processing application? Whether you use JAWS and Word or are instructing others on how to do so, we’ll introduce important features, provide keyboard commands, and show you what’s new ...
EBUAccessCast 27
EBU Access Cast - December 13, 2020 19:47 - 1 hourWellcome to the transcribed 27th EbuAccessCast! This episode is the last for 2020, so we prepared nice Goodies for you this time, and we got some new faces in the show as well. NEW Android Talkback Update (2020): Multi Finger Gestures Google officially came out with Android 11 about 2 m...
Google Chrome and JAWS
Freedom Scientific Training Podcast - December 11, 2020 22:19 - 24 minutesAre you new to the Google Chrome browser? Want to add to your arsenal of web-browsing tools as a JAWS user? Then listen to and watch our Google Chrome and JAWS podcast. We introduce you to Google Chrome features, demonstrate various browser-related tasks and provide useful shortcuts to improve t...
Google Calendar and JAWS: An Instructional Demonstration
Freedom Scientific Training Podcast - December 04, 2020 23:58 - 25 minutesLooking for an accessible way to manage your busy schedule? Then stream our instructional demonstration, Google Calendar and JAWS. In this training, we show you how to add meetings, create events, add reminders, send invitations to other users, sync your Google calendar with other calendars, a...
FsCast 192, archive of FSOpenLine from November 2020
Freedom Scientific FSCast - December 04, 2020 17:14 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsOn the archive of FSOpenLine from November 2020, Your questions about a variety of issues including: Getting Chrome to automatically describe images, JAWS on ARM processors, and multiple selection of items in list boxes on the web. Transcript available at blog.FreedomScientific.com
FSCast 191, all about Computers For The Blind, and an interview with JAWS scripter Doug Lee
Freedom Scientific FSCast - November 25, 2020 14:42 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsOn FSCast 191, Christy Householter talks about Computers for the Blind, a place to get a refurbished computer if you live in the U.S. Then a visit with JAWS scripting ninja Doug Lee. We’ll learn about his life and why he scripts so many popular apps for free. And, finally, a song about JAWS k...
More Than Just Voice Changes, Accessing JAWS Settings
Freedom Scientific Training Podcast - November 20, 2020 23:50 - 41 minutesWant to get the most out of using JAWS? Interested in learning how to customize settings to meet your needs? Tune in to this episode! During this webinar, we will: Show you how to access JAWS Quick Settings Demonstrate how to access the JAWS Settings Center Discuss ways to customize JAWS ...
The World of Braille Devices with Freedom Scientific
Freedom Scientific Training Podcast - November 14, 2020 00:40 - 36 minutesIn this session, our team is joined by special guests Ron Miller, Blind Technology Product Specialist, and Jeff Bazer, Director of South-Central Sales. Listen as we discuss the advantages of the Focus Blue 5th Generation braille displays over other braille displays on the market. The Focus Blu...
Google Sheets and JAWS
Freedom Scientific Training Podcast - November 06, 2020 23:08 - 32 minutesNew to Google Sheets? Want to learn more about how you can create, access, and edit spreadsheets from anywhere?. In the webinar we introduce you to the Google Sheets application, demonstrate important tasks, and provide useful shortcuts to improve your user experience.
Using Microsoft Excel with JAWS
Freedom Scientific Training Podcast - October 30, 2020 21:57 - 31 minutesIn this webinar, we’ll introduce you to Excel and show you how to create and save workbooks, add and remove rows and columns in worksheets, find data, and navigate in and between multiple worksheets. No matter your skill level, we’ll show you essential keyboard commands, and a few tips and trick...
FSCast 190, Rachael Bradley Montgomery talks about accessible escape rooms, and Ed Potter tells the story of Playback Magazine
Freedom Scientific FSCast - October 28, 2020 16:47 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsOn FSCast 190, news about the release schedule for Jaws, ZoomText, and Fusion 2021. Rachael Bradley Montgomery talks about escape rooms, what they are, and what Vispero has done to prove that they can be made inclusive of people with disabilities. Then Ed Potter drops in. He’s the man who cre...
EbuAccessCast 26
EBU Access Cast - October 26, 2020 18:41 - 1 hourWelcome back to this month's edition of the EBU Access Cast, as always packed with the latest assistive technology news and gadget discussion. Our content in written form is in our transcript. We started this one off with Mario telling us all about his brand-new phone, the Samsung Xcover ...
Using Gmail with JAWS
Freedom Scientific Training Podcast - October 23, 2020 21:49 - 18 minutesWant to know how to access your Gmail from anywhere using Google’s Web Mail option? Check out this instructional demonstration, Gmail and JAWS. We outline optimal accessibility settings, show you how to work with messages, and discuss important features designed to enhance your email experience.
Hosting a Zoom Meeting with JAWS
Freedom Scientific Training Podcast - October 16, 2020 18:48 - 25 minutesAre you new to hosting meetings on the Zoom conferencing platform? Need to access important features and settings? Join us Thursday, October 15 at noon Eastern for our live webinar, “Hosting a Zoom Meeting with JAWS.” During this webinar, we will: Demonstrate how to navigate Zoom settings for...