[blindkid] Why JAWS?

[dhammelia at aol.com]

There is a reason JAWS is named Job Access With Speech.

The business world almost universally uses PCs.

So to second what the others said if the long term goal is to produce someone who can work in the outside world JAWS is necessary.

Dave

From: Brandon and Sarah <lanesims at gmail.com>
To: blindkid <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wed, Mar 6, 2013 4:29 pm
Subject: [blindkid] Why JAWS?



I'm trying to make sense of a recent conversation with our daughter's
TVI, who I realize is not up speed on technology - to be fair, neither
am I. We were discussing a braille notetaker vs. braille display +
computer. The TVI thinks she can justify the cost of a notetaker to
the district by not having to get JAWS. Her impression is that JAWS is
only for screenreading of internet material, which a notetaker can
theoretically do. Here is my question for those who are ahead of us on
this issue: If you have a notetaker at the elementary level and home
computer access with Voiceover, is there a strong reason to have/learn
JAWS? We have the MS Office for Mac on the home computer, so I'm less
concerned about Emilia missing out on the Windows experience than I am
about her getting more acquainted with accessing school curriculum,
doing school work, etc. by electronic means. Thanks. Brandon

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