[Blindtlk] Learning Jaws

[David Andrews]

Window-Eyes haws a keyboard layout that is a jaws look-alike.  You 
could start with that, prior to getting JAWS, to start learning keystrokes.

Dave

At 07:27 PM 3/18/2013, you wrote:
>Daniel, Sabrina and others,
>
>
>     Well, I had a meeting with my Vocational Rehabilitation counselor
>and in short that I got the recommendation for the jaws screen reader!
>I don't need to do the fourty minute demo because of my impatience and
>thinking that constant rebooting of my fragile computer would probably
>kill it by this point. I appreciate anymore advice in learning to use
>Jaws cause I've been offered a tenative job prospect with either the
>Department of Treasury, Labor or Social Security for three months of
>temporary working experience. Can't wait to leave my city with
>inadaquate public transportation, entertainment and acceptance of gays
>so want to move to the west e.g. Seattle, Portland or Denver!
>
>
>hugs,
>Peter
>
>On 3/18/13, Jasmine Kotsay <jasmine.kotsay at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I learned JAWS from a training school in California.  I was only
> > there for 4 months, but I learned a lot! It was the best part of
> > being at that school.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Jasmine
> >
> >  ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Peter Wolfe <yogabare13 at gmail.com
> > To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> > Date sent: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 05:56:37 -0600
> > Subject: [Blindtlk] Learning Jaws
> >
> > Dear NFB Talk members,
> >
> >
> >     How did all of you learn jaws screen reader? I ask this cause
> > apparently to obtain federal employment that you have to learn
> > this
> > crutial screen reader application to be able to work with them.
> > I
> > currently use window-eyes from GW-Micro and unfortunately Rehab
> > as it
> > was then in 2002-2005 that they didn't inform me about this risk.
> > Anyways, I don't have the patients of the fourty minute demo and
> > Vocational Rehabilitation isn't suseptable to the idea of buying
> > me it
> > so am at a crossroads on this issue.  I'll continue pressing on
> > Jaws to
> > be purchased just don't know how best to learn it either
> > freedomscientific.com tutorials or a planned study somewhere like
> > the
> > Lousiana school for eight months that is a long time or what.
> > Thanks
> > on your opinions on what to consider cause I really badly want
> > employment.
> >
> >
> > your fellow liberal,
> > Peter
> >
> > --
> > Cordially,
> > Peter Q Wolfe, BA
> > cum laude Auburn University
> > e-mail: yogabare13 at gmail.com
> > "If you don't stand up for something your willing to fall for
> > anything"
> > Peter Q Wolfe
> > "Stand up for your rights"
> > Bob Marley
> >
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