[Trainer-Talk] Teaching someone using ZoomText when you're a JAWS user

[Nancy Coffman]

Does she have zoom text magnifier/reader? If so, I would definitely have her turn the speech on, and make sure mouse echo is on.

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> On Oct 16, 2021, at 9:51 AM, Mark Nelson via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Sarah:
> 
> Is putting a temporary installation of Fusion in place an option?  That way,
> she has ZoomText and you have JAWS.   
> 
> Regards,
> Mark Nelson
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Rayn
> Darren via Trainer-Talk
> Sent: Friday, October 15, 2021 10:44 PM
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> Subject: [Trainer-Talk] Teaching someone using ZoomText when you're a JAWS
> user
> 
> Good evening all,
> 
> 
> 
> The subject says it all. I'm a JAWS user and my student is a ZoomText user.
> How in the world do I teach her to navigate around the screen when I can't
> see it and she can't adequately  describe it to me in order for me to figure
> out what she's seeing? Sighted assistance on my end is not an option. She
> needs to learn how to use ZoomText in order to be productive in her given
> tasks, posting to a website and I have no idea how to help her. I'm sure I
> can learn the keyboard commands but I haven't used any type of magnification
> program in probably about 25 years.
> 
> 
> 
> Any help/tips/tricks/advice would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Sarah Hale
> 
> Work: 714.852.3238
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> Email:  <mailto:sarah.hale at siteweaver.org> sarah.hale at siteweaver.org
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