[nabs-l] Using JAWS for school

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

Will,

Just a little note of encouragement, here's what I hope is words of
hope: Because of a nerve condition, I can't use Braille efficiently
enough. I use it, but for school, it just wasn't going to work without
being long and tedious. I'm totally blind, and I pretty much relied on
JAWS, and I can inform you that I was able to research, complete
assignments, read material, take quizzes and exams, etc. and do it
efficiently and just as quick as my sighted classmates in most cases. I
never required double time for exams, not even once in four years, and
being a creative writing major, my workloads were heavy on reading and
writing, and I was able to keep up and complete work, in and out of
class, without taking longer than others.

I'm now an editor, and I rely on JAWS to edit. Depending on what I'm
doing, it can take a little longer to do some things, but not inordinate
amounts of time. I'm able to edit pretty efficiently with JAWS. I would
totally use Braille if I could, but I've made JAWS work for me, and I
know others can too.

Also, I was sighted until I was 22, and personally, I find it easier to
use JAWS when reading text online than I did sighted, and I was a really
good, quick reader when sighted.

Hope this helps.

Bridgit
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Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 12:09:37 -0500
From: William Bowman <william.bowman38 at gmail.com>
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Subject: [nabs-l] using jaws for school
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Hi,
My name is Will and I have a question for you all. I am in the 10th
grade and I'm starting to use jaws to help me with my homework. I'm
hoping you all can give me some advice. I have trouble on the internet
finding information on a website with jaws. I feel like using it is
slower than looking at the screen but I'm trying to avoid since it hurts
my eyes.

When I'm doing research online I don't always find information quickly
on a new website and I want to know how you all quickly find new
information with jaws. Most wbeiste I go to have tons of links and lots
of content. I've been taught some of the quick comands like pressing
letter h for headings and e for an edit field and insert plus enter to
find text, but is there a faster way? I get frustrated with places i
haven't been before because I don't always know where the information I
want is, and I'm tired of having to arrow up and down through a site for
10 minutes to find what I want. Sometimes I'll find a story, but it will
be interrupted by advertisements and stuff, and it takes me forever to
figure out where I am. Does anybody have any advice? I'm trying to get
better at it now so I don't have to worry about it in the future.
Thanks, will.