[NABS-L] Presenting Solo with PowerPoint and Mixed Media using JAWS 18

[Justin Williams]

Just stand u there with your earphones in, hit page down, and read your
slides off from the braille note.
 You can also just braille them out on notecards.
 

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Subject: [NABS-L] Presenting Solo with PowerPoint and Mixed Media using JAWS
18

Good afternoon,

I need suggestions for doing a solo PowerPoint presentation as I have a big
case presentation to give on Tuesday. This may sound silly, but how does one
present the slide show for an audience while also trying to present the oral
presentation? I usually emboss my slides in Braille and have my group
members move through slide by slide for me so I can solely focus on trying
to communicate the material. I've somehow, until this point in my academic
and professional career, managed to avoid solo presentations requiring
PowerPoints and other mixed media. This is coming to a slightly terrifying
end and I need help. I'm nervous about having to listen to JAWS, speak,
manipulate the computer keyboard commands, and read my slides from a Braille
print-out or my Braille Note. It seems like a lot of switching back and
forth and I'm not great with multi-tasking; therefore, I am reaching out for
guidance.

Fortunately I know a bit about putting the PowerPoint together using JAWS 18
on a Windows 7 computer,, although I'm still not confident with that and
can't do great visual effects, graphics, etc. I know I'll need to use some
inaccessible technologies in the room and this part is also making me
nervous. I think there is a big screen that can hook up to my laptop that
has JAWS on it, so in theory, I should still be able to manipulate and
control the presentation that way but I'm not sure how to handle the hooking
up to the speakers and screen or if connecting to speakers for showing audio
clips will interfere with my listening to JAWS which I need in order to
maneuver the presentation.
A part of the presentation includes utilizing some video clips from client
sessions in my clinic to demonstrate specific interventions used.

I know people will use the Notes for Slides section on PowerPoints, but to
me, this has not seemed or felt practical as a JAWS user. If anyone has
found it helpful, can you explain how you have used it successfully while
giving a presentation?

Tips and tricks from more seasoned blind presenters would be greatly
appreciated. Thank you in advance for your help.

Best wishes,
Sarah
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Sarah K. Meyer
Graduate Student, Clinical Mental Health Counseling Ball State University
sarah.meyer55 at gmail.com
(317)402-6632

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