[nabs-l] focus 14 braille display

[Katie Wang]

Hi Kelsey,

I'm not sure why your Focus braille display is not working with
PowerPoint - I use a Focus 40 braille display with my laptop at home
and it has always worked smoothly when the presentation is in Slide
Show mode. Have you tried restarting JAWS or unplugging your braille
display then plugging it back in?

Do you happen to have a braille notetaker? If so, you might want to
try writing down what you want to say from each slide on your
notetaker and use those notes to guide your presentation. The
advantage of this approach is that you can put more details in your
notes than what you have on the slides. I have given many
presentations using this method and it has worked very well for me.
Feel free to let me know if you have questions if you decide to try
this strategy!

Katie


On 4/15/16, Kelsey Nicolay via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hello,
> I apologize if this is off topic, but I was hoping someone could
> help.  I am giving a presentation on Monday with one of my former
> professors.  I am having trouble getting my Focus 14 to work with
> Powerpoint 2010.  My Focus is not showing anything that's on the
> slides and I can't navigate it either.  Therefore, if anyone else
> has a Focus Braille display and has Powerpoint 2010 or 2013, how
> do you get around this issue? I find it very difficult to use
> JAWS alone when giving a Powerpoint presentation.  Please feel
> free to write me offlist if you have any suggestions on what I
> could try.  I am using JAWS 17 and firmware version 5.71 on my
> Focus.
> Thank you,
> Kelsey Nicolay
>
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