[stylist] Using JAWS and vision on computer

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

You are absolutely right, Donna. And I meant to say in my previous post
on this topic that I switched from the computer instructor I initially
was working with once in training because I wasn't suited to their style
of teaching. I'm a kinesthetic  learner, and their style was to
essentially lecture before working on an actual computer. Just not my
style. So if you have the opportunity to work with several instructors,
I advise flavoring them all to see whose teaching style fits best with
you.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
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http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
 
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:38:25 -0400
From: "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [stylist] Using JAWS and vision on computer
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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