[stylist] Using JAWS and vision on computer

[Donna Hill]

Jackie,
Donna Hill here. I just wanted to say that Jaws training seems to vary
greatly from state to state. I was sent to a training facility in
Pennsylvania where I got 3 weeks of Jaws training -- all day, 5 days a week.
I knew nothing about computers. Much of it was repetitive and since the
instructor didn't do it regularly, we had a lot of wasted time while she
figured things out. It would have been greatly improved by a few procedure
sheets, which I ended up having to make for myself. I think my first six
months, in which I had many computer issues, taught me a lot. I know a woman
who is in South Carolina, and she received her training via phone, once a
week I believe. They had all kinds of documentation  to help her learn and
retain, and she really zipped through it.
Donna


-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jacqueline Williams
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 3:15 PM
To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [stylist] Using JAWS and vision on computer

Bridget,
Perhaps we should be talking about I.Q.
When I returned from the blind center in Tucson, my Voc Rehab counselor said
I would need computer lessons for about one year to attain the skills I
would need for a job. Of course they did not have the people to meet that
requirement except on an off and on schedule with constant change of
instructors. There guidelines were accepted as the norm.
When you say you learned JAWS in about two months, it blows my mind. How
about two years?
I have to assume that you had computer skills to start with, which includes
typing skills, and top-notch hearing.
I have suspected that you are extremely bright. You wear many hats, and have
boundless energy.
Many of us may not be able to meet those performance levels.
Jackie 

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Bridgit Pollpeter
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 3:09 PM
To: stylist at nfbnet.org
Subject: [stylist] Using JAWS and vision on computer

Would it not be best to learn to use JAWS on the internet then? I was a
partial before losing the rest of my vision, so I know what it is like,
and I preferred to use JAWS most the time since I was able to navigate
the computer quicker with it than my sight. Yes, you will have a
learning curve, but if you use it consistently, it doesn't take long.
Within two months, I was efficient enough with JAWS to navigate the
internet with JAWS. And of course, with only light perception, I only
use JAWS now, and personally, if I ever got vision back, I would still
use JAWS for a lot of things just because of all the visual distractions
on the computer especially websites, grin!

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
Read my blog at:
http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
 
"History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan

Message: 19
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 07:35:54 -0400
From: "Lynda Lambert" <llambert at zoominternet.net>
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [stylist] Does anyone use MAGIC or have experience with
	it?
Message-ID: <1C4790CBDF6B4446B6ED7AAEBE813101 at Lambert>
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Hi Eve,
Yes, it was me who had it wrong when I said that to you. Later, I
realized I 
had said it backwards.

I had wanted Magic initially because I could see it better - I like the
look 
of the font better with Magic.  And, of course, I like the word, Magic!

I have ZoomText and JAWS (I do not use JAWS often, just for messges that
are 
too long for me to deal with visually.) This is what the counselor set
me up 
with and at the time  I knew next to nothing about them.

I do not know how to use JAWS on the internet at all.
I have to do that visually, and it takes me awhile to do it and it can
be 
exhausting. Somehow I do get it done.

Lynda


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