[blindlaw] Introduction and hello!

[Andrew Webb]

As for JAWS training, depending on your personal tastes and what works for
you, you might also consider just hiring on a blind tech-savvy high school
or college kid to spend a few hours orienting you to JAWS, or for that
matter the various other programs that have been mentioned. In Boston,
especially with Perkin in your backyard, you shouldn't have much trouble
locating some good candidates who would be happy for that work and charge a
nominal rate for it. Good luck. 

Andrew


-----Original Message-----
From: BlindLaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Timothy
Blanchett via BlindLaw
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 8:18 PM
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Cc: Timothy Blanchett
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Introduction and hello!

You can download the Jaws training files and that will get you trained on
jaws.  As far as reading paper files and books if you have some site a CC TV
would be best or if you need speach I would say a scanner with curswiler
will work for most anythimg typed. Hope this helps

Timothy Blanchett
(423) 441-0982
timothy.blanchett at gmail.com
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> On Apr 12, 2016, at 1:24 PM, Avino, Kristy via BlindLaw
<blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hi all,
> 
> I wanted to say hello and introduce myself as I've been following the
board for several months now.  I have been getting useful nuggets of
information from the archives for a few months now, so thank you!
> 
> I practice employment counseling and litigation at McCarter & English in
Boston, MA.  BC Law class of 2003.  I learned I had retinitis pigmentosa one
year after I graduated from law school, which was a complete surprise, as no
one else in my family has it.  Legally blind since last fall, which again
was a surprise as I thought I had a good number of years to go before I
reached that point.  Trying to figure out how to use and get training for
JAWS while maintaining my practice.  Also trying to figure out how to do all
the things I ordinarily do in my practice (review paper documents!  Read
paper books!) and if it can still be done as efficiently and effectively as
before.  Anyone in the same boat or who has been through it before can feel
free to reach out though the board or offline.
> 
> All the best,
> Kristy
> 
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