[Blindtlk] Training with screen readers conundrum

Sat Mar 23 04:46:15 UTC 2013

David,


    The irony David is thtat I picked poli sci cause of the job
security with the federal government for disabled workers. I truly
wanted to be a computer scientist but since how that I didn't know
nemeth code that I didn't pursue that field. I keep telling myself
with the University of Miami NEI research that perhaps within five or
more years that my vision could return, then I can pursue a field in
the STEM fields. I personally hate the social sciences cause there is
no real benchmarks so everyone disagrees on opinions not facts as
much. So, I'm stuck with this degree like lots of normal students
cause wanting job security not cause that I'd like it. Lastly, I'm not
the best communicater just that I have a passion for counseling and
for the time being that would be nice to do.


    Anyone have any ideas on a poli sci doing counseling in the
government? I'm thinking of financial aid advisor at a college or
something. Perhaps I can do this cause the chief financial advisor at
my university had a ph.d in historyr and theology degree not finance
at all. I really would like to work with a domestic battery shelter,
child abuse victims or financial management. I'd appreciate any ideas
cause not sure of a general scope of what to do. Thanks for pointing
out the obvious cause that is causing barriers in how to think aboutt
professional life post-college. By the way, wish that more blind
people would do more internships in their sophomore, junior and senior
years cause this more than academics helps more than academics by far.


Thanks,
Peter

On 3/22/13, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:
> Peter, you need to decide what it is that you want to do, then figure
> out how a blind guy can do it.  You are approaching it from --
> what  job can a blind guy do and what jobs do you have from a blind
> guy.  If you get something you probably won't be happy because it
> wasn't what you want to do.
>
> Dave
>
> At 09:12 AM 3/21/2013, you wrote:
>>Ray and others,
>>
>>
>>     Thank you for replying to my message on this issue. The problem
>>Ray is that I don't have any idea of what I'll be doing with a
>>bachelors of arts in political science with the federal government.
>>sure I know of what a poli sci professional does just not what I can
>>do being blind and all is able to do at work. I've been to the NFB
>>subdomains and profesional bios and AFB's Mentor connect and talked to
>>political scientists who are blind just not at my level of under
>>graduate experience. Some are either devoid of under graduate
>>experience with graduate work experience or just of another time or
>>place or finally transfered to other skill sets entirely into my
>>field. I guess this work experience could shine some light on what I
>>could do with my degree just seems kind of bleak at this point. Any
>>ideas from you guys would be really cool!
>>
>>
>>Thanks Ray and all,
>>Peter
>>p.s: I own a I-Phone 4s and might transfer personally to Apple just
>>for work its pc
>>
>>On 3/21/13, Ray Foret Jr <rforetjr at att.net> wrote:
>> > You are way over thinking the issue here.  Like Dave and other people
>> > have
>> > said, you can think it to death and never really find a
>> solution.  Here's my
>> > advice.  Stop it.  then, ask yourself what you most want or need
>> to do.  You
>> > will find this narrows it down pretty fast.  Now, once you have that,
>> > find
>> > out what tools will best meet your needs.  For some, it's windows-for
>> > others, like me, it's the Mac.  For still others, neither will
>> do.  You will
>> > never find fully comprehenceive tutorials for everything all laid out
>> > for
>> > you in one place.  At least, I don't think so.  Forget being spoon-fed
>> > everything.  It ain't gonna happen.  So, take the advice I gave
>> you to start
>> > with above and see where that takes you.
>> >
>> >
>> > Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the
>> > blind
>> > built-in!
>> > Sincerely,
>> > The Constantly Barefooted Ray
>> > Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user!
>> >
>> > On Mar 21, 2013, at 8:18 AM, Peter Wolfe <yogabare13 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Dear NFB Talk Members,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>    Would I be better off to better familarize myself with my existing
>> >> screen reader Window-Eyes or learn what is necessary for entry level
>> >> for federal liberal arts career track e.g. Jaws instead? I'm always
>> >> puzzling on tutorials of my former screen reader cause they are
>> >> partial or completely devoid of adaquate detail examples to
>> >> professions with endorsements or whatever for proper context. I know
>> >> that Internal Revenue Service or Social Security like the Department
>> >> of Defense use the CAP office that usually recommends Jaws screen
>> >> reader so logic says to go with it instead of existing technology.
>> >> Maybe I should just focus purely on Jaws from scratch on their
>> >> tutorials at a state rehabilitation center or individually, then focus
>> >> on existing screen reader Window-Eyes or what would you recommend in
>> >> this situation?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>    I know this sounds like I'm over thinking the situation just that
>> >> I've been dealing with this for years on this problem. I swerar one of
>> >> the things that I hate being blind is that too much emphasis is on
>> >> what assistive technology can do not what can't do. I'd prefer a
>> >> comprehensive report or tutorial on all the things sighted individuals
>> >> can do and what we can't being blind. Simple as a former sighted
>> >> person that I'd appreciate this view much more than this muddy waters
>> >> approach that just confuses the daylights out of everything for me. I
>> >> also tire of the Federations dream-like imagination that blind folks
>> >> can do everything cause simply this isn't true like in programming
>> >> that isn't true anymore than they cannot do anything.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>    Thanks for any and all advice on this subject cause I'm thoroughly
>> >> confused on what to do. I tire so much just want to quit cause of
>> >> being discouraged on the list in some ways. Your approaches of
>> >> encouragement aren't what I'm accustomed to on my fragile self-esteem
>> >> cause that is something blind people like me are in low supply of at
>> >> the moment. I'm schedule for a three month job in a few months in town
>> >> for temporary work experience so just want a job. I just don't know
>> >> how best to go about it that is it. Since how I wasn't born blind that
>> >> my patience is much more thinner in this technical jargon or way of
>> >> thinking than you are accustomed to being blind your whole life or
>> >> whatever. Thank you for understanding how I feel and coming from my
>> >> prospective on this subject.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Thank you,
>> >> Peter Q wolfe, BA
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-- 
Cordially,
Peter Q Wolfe, BA
cum laude Auburn University
e-mail: yogabare13 at gmail.com
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