[Trainer-Talk] Very basic websites for beginners

[Humberto Avila]

Hello,

Also, I would check out Freedom Scientific's own Web page for learning to surf the World wild web, er, I mean world wide web.  It's called “Surfs Up! ”  and it is available on the link below. It really is a useful resource for learning JAWS especially if you're teaching that screenreader, although most of these concepts also can apply to NVDA and Narrator.

http://www.freedomscientific.com/surfsup/_Surfs_Up_Start_here.html

Take care everyone!
- Humberto



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On Apr 24, 2020, at 11:14 AM, David Goldfield via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

I admit that in the past when I was providing a.t. training I've taken new students to news Web sites, as well. If I were resuming training now I would likely not do this unless a student specifically requested this. The news is not always positive and, for some individuals, reading the news, depending on their personality and just where they are mentally and emotionally could become a very stressful ordeal. Like Marci I would eventually take users of JAWS to Freedom Scientific's Web site. I like to emphasize to them how product manufacturers can update their Web sites whenever they want to regarding new products or updates to existing products and how this information is available to them immediately as opposed to the days when we had to wait for newsletters and catalogs to be delivered. I also took them to the White House's site along with the Philly.gov Web site as I did most of my training in the Philadelphia area. I wanted them to see how much information and services were available from the local as well as federal government and I stressed the value of this information, regardless of which political party the student might prefer or be affiliated with. I agree that AFB's Web site is excellent, well-designed and a good blindness resource.

David Goldfield,
Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist
JAWS Certified, 2019

WWW.DavidGoldfield.org

On 4/23/2020 8:47 PM, Scott Davert via Trainer-Talk wrote:
HI all.
As someone who has been out of this part of the training field for
awhile, and who is re-entering it, I'm curious as to what websites you
are using that are basic with your students for screen reader access?
I sometimes use nfbnewslineonline.org, but am curious as to other
sites that people are using? I used to use Braille.wunderground.com,
but that no longer exists. CNN was also a decent choice, but now there
is so much video content as opposed to text, I'm not sure it's a good
option for a beginner. Any thoughts on this would be greatly
appreciated!

Stay safe and stay well,
Scott

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