[Electronics-talk] Telework/work from home/work virtually/telecommute?

Sun Jan 5 01:07:03 UTC 2014

JAWS Tandem is a good option for conducting remote JAWS training.
Occasionally a company's network firewall prevents this from working.

The ability for JAWS to work successfully with a remote virtual Private
Network (VPN) is dependent on the VPN tool being used by the company.  The
agency I work for recently switched to AnyConnect and my ability to access
the agency's network and my electronic documents has improved.  JAWS 14
works well with it, but JAWS 12 does not.  Now that the agency has completed
their testing of JAWS 14 and approved its use on our network, I am waiting
for it to be installed on my work computer.

Because my job requires me to work with our employees nationwide, I am able
to do my job via telework 1-2 days a week as long as it does not interfere
with some tasks that have to be done in the office such as inventory of new
products, shipping preparation of products, set-up and training of new
products at a local site,  and closing out of a case by assembling hard
copies of all documents into a physical case folder.  I can participate
remotely in most meetings.  The only ones that I am required to be in the
office for are those that are using interactive video conferencing.
Employee's currently do not have access to this technology on our individual
work stations.  Even if we did I could not use it as JAWS is not currently
compatible with it.

Annette

-----Original Message-----
From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 6:23 PM
To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Telework/work from home/work
virtually/telecommute?

There is a remote access feature with JAWS. I haven't used it myself, but I
assume that if you have JAWS on both systems then you can access one machine
from the other with JAWS.

Whenever I've worked remotely, I just used the same software at home I used
at the office, and used VPN to securely tunnel into the company's network.

On 01/04/2014 02:54 PM, Ashley Bramlett wrote:
> Hi,
> Yes, unfortunately, medical transcription is going away.
> That was a good field for a blind person.
> You can do a lot at home especially working for yourself. People sell 
> insurance from home; they may have a writing job. Distance teaching 
> and tutoring are also growing fields. So, you tutor or teach remotely.
>
> Customer service reps often work at home. For instance, Jet blue and 
> Delta have reps from home. Look on your newspaper site or local jobs 
> site for specific ideas. Here we have dcjobs.com and I'm sure other 
> areas like New York have their own Unfortunately, as with many jobs, 
> the software may not be accessible.
> I've always wondered how blind people can telework. For instance, my 
> dad logs into a system to access his desktop like he was at work; Ii'm 
> not sure if such systems are accessible. I have wondered how I might 
> do remote access from my pc. like if I was at school, if I could 
> access the home pc. Sighted people do it a lot via remote desktop 
> applications but not sure if it would work with jaws, probably not.
> Ashley
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Darla Rogers
> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2014 10:45 PM
> To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Telework/work fromhome/work 
> virtually/telecommute?
>
> Der Jenny,
>
> Even the medical transcribing jobs are going away; a friend checked on 
> one--for a  large company--don't  remember which one it was, but when 
> they interviewed him, they wanted money.
> Do not ever take a work-at-home job that requires you to pay anything, 
> not including jobs like Avon or Amway where you may have to purchase a 
> kit or something.
> Darla
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Snow White Dove
> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2014 9:38 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Telework/work from home/work 
> virtually/telecommute?
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm sorry I'm coming late as usual to this, but I'd like to know the 
> same thing.
>
> I don't want to do medical transcription.  That is what a lot of Blind 
> people do at home from what I've seen.
>
> If there is any ideas, please share.
>
> Jenny
> On Jan 2, 2014, at 10:41 PM, Lisa D Porter <lisaporter429 at yahoo.com>
wrote:
>
>> Hi Lauren,
>> I'm definitely with you here. I want to work and have good skills, 
>> but
> we're getting ready to move to a small town with terrible 
> transportation so Telework may be my only option.
>> Lisa
>>
>> "Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, 
>> safe
> in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you "
>> - Princes Diana
>>
>>
>> On 1/2/2014 11:16 PM, Lauren Merryfield wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I wish someone would tell us some options for teleworking as a blind
> person.
>>> What kinds of work are blind people doing from home and what are the 
>>> options available?
>>> Thanks
>>> Lauren
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>> On Behalf Of Makkawy, Amin
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 6:45 PM
>>> To: 'electronics-talk at nfbnet.org'
>>> Subject: [Electronics-talk] Telework/work from home/work 
>>> virtually/telecommute?
>>>
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