[humanser] Vision declining

[Mary Ann Robinson]

I also think it would be very beneficial to begin incorporating a screen 
reader
into your work as soon as possible.

Mary Ann Robinson
-----Original Message----- 
From: Dezman Jackson via HumanSer
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2018 2:25 PM
To: Human Services Division Mailing List
Cc: Dezman Jackson
Subject: Re: [humanser] Vision declining

Rebecca,

I think incorporating a screen reader into your workflow would increase your 
efficiency and productivity with paperwork.
You could for instance let JAWS do the heavy lifting for you like navigating 
through documents to find specific pieces of information then use your 
magnification to actually read the information in detail. I generally find 
the search key command useful for jumping to specific parts of documents if 
i'm familiar with their layout.
You might consider looking at VFO/Freedom Scientific's package called Fusion 
which is a combination of JAWS and ZoomText in one. Finally, keyboard 
commands are many times found to be faster in many instances than pointing 
and clicking with the mouse.
Wishing you all the best with your training and let us know how you're 
doing.

Dezman
Sent from my iPhone

> On Feb 3, 2018, at 11:59 AM, Rebecca Arrowood via HumanSer 
> <humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I currently work as a mental health and substance abuse counselor in 
> training. I have progressive Conrad dystrophy. I am noticing that my 
> vision is actually declining. I am worried about how this will impact my 
> ability to complete my job, specifically around completing paperwork.
>
> How do others complete paperwork efficiently? I currently use magic screen 
> magnification and reader. I am not sure if I need to spend more time to 
> become more efficient in using a screen reader and switch over to using 
> JAWS?  I just struggle with spending so much additional time to complete 
> basic paperwork. For example completing monthly progress reports and 
> having to sort through paper charts to obtain drug screen results in order 
> to complete a monthly progress report to include recent drug screen 
> results.
>
> Thanks,
> Rebecca Arrowood
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
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