[nabs-l] Efficiency and Productivity

[Kirt]

Good afternoon Rahul and all,
As has been stated several times by several people already, it's hard to give specific advice when we don't know what your computer set up is, what screen reader version you are using, what your particular difficulties are etc. in general, though, intensive practice is probably the best way to learn how to use your screen reader more naturally. Depending on your learning style there are resources that can, contingent on your practice and effort, help transform you from A casual to a professional assistive technology user. There are numerous podcasts and interactive exercises on freedom scientific's official website. There is also a website, blind how.com, with many very powerful but easily understandable jaws tutorials put together by a very good friend of mine. If we know more about your specific issues we will probably have a better idea of what suggestions might work best for you.
Also, as Sean says, I think you are right to be concerned about this if you intend to work in a professional setting. My advice is that you don't beat yourself up about it, I think most of us have been where you are at one time or another and it does take a lot of learning and experience before you get to the point where you will be working at the same speed and often faster than your cited colleagues. However,jaws has many powerful and robust keyboard commands and, though I don't hardly know anything about you, I think it's reasonable to expect that you will get to that point if you devote the time and energy to make it happen.
Best,
Kirt

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> On Aug 22, 2014, at 1:44 PM, Sean Whalen via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Good afternoon. I could not disagree more. In my experience in virtually all employment in school context I am able to keep up with or surpass my cited peers in my computer efficiency. Granted this is basically just working with Outlook, Word, and Excel. I understand that when you get into more complicated software applications different difficulties present themselves. But for a lot of the work equal efficiency is very real as a feasible objective. As has been mentioned, it would be helpful if you could point out some of the places where you're struggling to better determine what the issue is. Again, it could well be that the software just does not interface well and you are legitimately at a disadvantage. But I would caution us all against jumping to that conclusion from the outset. Thanks!
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>> On Aug 22, 2014, at 2:33 PM, Carly Mihalakis via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Good afternoon, Rahul,
>> 
>>       Let it go! You're tormenting yourself unnecessarily, with these demands that are, as far as I know, unrealistic!Ol'Sighty as I am faund of referring to sighted people, work more smoothly because, unlike us, they have access to eyesight so don't need a screenreader. This won't change so you need not torture yourself over a reality that will always dominate your experience.
>> for today, Car
>> 
>> can primarily be attributed to the fact that I have so far been merely a casual user of assistive technology which is perhaps why I am not able to use it as expeditiously as I should be able to in a professional setting.
>>> That being said, my uniform experience has taught me that jaws is often unresponsive and unreliable. This makes it virtually impossible to work with the same level of efficiency as a sighted person.
>>> Most blind students get double the time that their sighted counterparts get for writing exams. However, this is not really a feasible option in the private sector where you are not only required to do your work well but are also expected to complete your tasks expeditiously.
>>> My inability to meet the latter requirement has often been a source of frustration for me during my internships. My employers have never raised any objections about my inability to complete the same amount of work as my sighted counterparts within a given time period. I guess this is reflective of the low expectations that society has from blind people.
>>> Be that as it may, this has greatly reduced my job satisfaction and has been a major cause of concern.
>>> I'd like to know what you guys think about this. Has anyone here had a similar experience?
>>> What strategies would you recommend for effectively grappling with this challenge?
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> Rahul
>>> 
>>> 
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