[Community-service] Desk/computer work

Wed Jun 5 15:26:04 UTC 2019

Anna,

Front desk jobs never worked out for me. A lot of paperwork.
I hope it works for you.
For that small a job, no they would not buy jaws, but I  was thinking more 
so  if you were longer term and came in several times a week. For now you 
are starting with one day and a standard shift. The desk jobs I looked into 
were 4 hours per shift but this one is 3.
You can still do a lot and help many people in 3 hours if its busy.

You can get more copies of jaws license. You just ask them to reset your 
authorizations.
Accomodations will vary depending on your job.
If you are at the desk of a studio, its likely they need you to check people 
in and out and I really do not see a good accomodation for this.

Some other accomodations I used were:
Labeling hard copy material in braille
Using a phone headset
Receiving email copies of lists and instruction whereas everyone else got 
hard copies
Receiving hands on instruction on the phone system; other volunteers just 
saw the labeled buttons whereas I memorized it
Asking staff or participants to be more verbal; this was very challenging 
when working with kids as they seemed to forget they needed to identify 
themselves

I volunteered with a summer camp a few times and I found I could not assist 
with some activities due to the visual nature of it such as crafts where 
they colored or cut out certain things. I actually have some vision and 
could see what they did if I was close up but not enough really to help them 
do it. The kids showed me their crafts when they were done.
The kids also played video games in free time. The director tried to be 
accomodating by asking kids to be verbal and reinforcing the request to use 
words not gestures. It was nice of them to email me the schedule ahead of 
time so I knew what would happen.

I do not know what equipment you have but if you read braille and have an 
electronic notetaker, I found it helpful to save the emailed files on a USB 
or SD card and read on my BrailleNote.

I hope it works out.

Ashley
-----Original Message----- 
From: Anna Givens via Community-Service
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2019 10:57 AM
To: Community Service Discussion List
Cc: Anna Givens
Subject: Re: [Community-service] Desk/computer work

Thank you guys!
It’s only three hours a week so I don’t know how much they will want to 
invest in much. Also I don’t have any copies of JAWS left.
Perhaps the JAWS demo? And NVDA is a great idea. Although I’m scared cause I’ve 
not used it!
LOL
But I will definitely look into it.
Any other ideas on that or any other front desk related 
things/accommodations would be super appreciated.
I feel like if it were a regular job I would know what to do, but since it’s 
volunteer and just three hours per week, it’s different because I don’t have 
the same supports and resources as if I were getting a job.
Thanks so much!

Anna

> On Jun 5, 2019, at 10:34 AM, Ashley Bramlett via Community-Service 
> <community-service at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Anna,
>
> I ran into the same challenge as a volunteer needing a computer.
> Right, most places will not have the software.
>
> This is my solution. Either download the free jaws demo on their pc or 
> bring your own copy of jaws.
> Remember, you can install jaws on 3 computers. I do not think freedom 
> scientific uses CDS anymore to install software. I used the cd in my case. 
> IT installed it since they have administrative rights.
> You could have them download jaws from the internet.
> This may not work though if you have a home license of jaws as opposed to 
> the  professional version.
>
> I was able to install jaws at my unpaid internship at National Crime 
> Prevention Council. I also did this for my volunteer position as an 
> information and referral specialist. Most nonprofits I tried to work for 
> were receptive to installing software.
> However, I was not able to work there because of the nature of tasks. 
> Visual tasks such as data entry, filing, and seeing that people signed in 
> were some tasks that desk volunteer staff needed to perform and I could 
> not do that.
> That said, every nonprofit requires different things and I think trying to 
> work at a desk job will be great experience for you and your resume.
> Its great practice for a real job.
> So, it may work out.
>
> If you cannot install jaws there, I suggest using NVDA or they may allow 
> you to bring your own laptop.
> If you plan to work there a long time, I would hope they would purchase 
> jaws as an accomodation.
>
> I hope it works out!
>
> Ashley
> -----Original Message----- From: Anna Givens via Community-Service
> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2019 6:48 PM
> To: Community Service Listserv
> Cc: Anna Givens
> Subject: [Community-service] Desk/computer work
>
> Hey everyone,
> Just looking for some suggestions.
> There’s a front desk shift (volunteer) three hours per week at a yoga 
> studio that I’d really like to do. I don’t know yet exactly what all would 
> be involved, but I’m wondering since it’s just volunteer, they probably 
> don’t have JAWS or something like that on computer or would want to get 
> it. I have it on my laptop but want me to use their computer and systems.
> Just wondering how that all might work or be possible?
> I’d like to be ready to discuss possibilities when I express my interest.
>
> Thanks much,
> Anna
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