February 2024 Student of the Month
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by Elizabeth Whitaker
1M ago
The Freedom Scientific Student of the Month Program features K-12 students living in the U.S. who are blind or visually impaired and use Freedom Scientific technology to achieve educational goals. The Student of the Month for February 2024 is Darren, a college freshman from California. Darren has been using JAWS and ZoomText since elementary school, and said he uses it in all his classes. “I use JAWS for everything from accessing email to writing documents and doing research.” Darren also uses refreshable braille, and cited the new Split Braille feature in JAWS 2024 as extremely useful. “I re ..read more
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January 2024 Student of the Month
Freedom Scientific Blog » Braille
by Elizabeth Whitaker
2M ago
The Freedom Scientific Student of the Month Program features K-12 students living in the U.S. who are blind or visually impaired and use Freedom Scientific technology to achieve educational goals. The Student of the Month for January 2024 is Kate, a senior from California. Kate uses JAWS and the Focus Braille Display in class to complete assignments, write documents, and navigate web pages and web-based applications. She is currently using these products with the Canvas Learning Management system to take a college health class and says using JAWS along with braille helps her proofread as she ..read more
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Celebrating 200 Years of Braille
Freedom Scientific Blog » Braille
by Elizabeth Whitaker
2M ago
January 4 is World Braille Day. This year, braille is turning 200-years-old. To commemorate this milestone, let’s look back at some of the major events that make up the history of braille. Braille is a system for reading and writing for persons who are blind. It uses raised dots that represent the alphabet, numbers, and punctuation. It gives us access to a wide range of materials, enabling independence at home, in school, and in the workplace. The Origins of Braille The origins of braille date back to the early 1800s and a man named Charles Barbier who developed a system called Night Writing w ..read more
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October 2023 Student of the Month
Freedom Scientific Blog » Braille
by Elizabeth Whitaker
6M ago
The Freedom Scientific Student of the Month program features K-12 students living in the U.S. who are blind or visually impaired and use Freedom Scientific technology to achieve educational goals. The Student of the Month for October 2023 is Max, a junior from California. Max uses JAWS to access assignments on the Canvas Learning Management System, read web content, use email, and navigate Google Drive. “I have been using JAWS for about two years,” Max tells us. “In the beginning it was hard, but I started learning keystrokes and practicing, and it got easier.” He is also learning to use the ..read more
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July 2023 Student of the Month
Freedom Scientific Blog » Braille
by Elizabeth Whitaker
9M ago
The Freedom Scientific Student of the Month program features K-12 students living in the U.S. who are blind or visually impaired and use Freedom Scientific technology to achieve educational goals. The Student of the Month for July 2023 is Alan, a seventh grader from Pennsylvania. Blind since birth, Alan uses JAWS and the Focus Braille display both at school and at home to complete assignments. “I use the Focus with Google Docs. It has a lot of cells, which is good for reading.” Alan also uses JAWS and the Focus to access the Schoology learning management system, which his school uses to make ..read more
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April 2023 Student of the Month
Freedom Scientific Blog » Braille
by Elizabeth Whitaker
1y ago
The Freedom Scientific Student of the Month program features K-12 students living in the U.S. who are blind or visually impaired and use Freedom Scientific technology to achieve educational goals. The Student of the Month for April 2023 is Jonathan, a junior from Florida. Jonathan has been a JAWS user for many years, and he appreciates the versatility it gives him both in and out of the classroom. “I like the Convenient OCR feature because it reads the text in images if you can’t read it. JAWS also works well in Office applications.” He also uses a Focus 40 Refreshable Braille Display, which ..read more
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Learn Top Five JAWS Troubleshooting Tips
Freedom Scientific Blog » Braille
by Elizabeth Whitaker
1y ago
Want to know how to gather information about an open application? Need to refresh your screen or restore JAWS settings? Join us Thursday, February 16 at noon Eastern time for a live webinar, “When JAWS Does the Unexpected: Top Five Troubleshooting Tips.” What We’ll Cover We’ll provide troubleshooting tips for gathering information about applications, managing settings, restarting JAWS, and contacting Technical Support. Learn how to: Virtualize a control or window to gather information or copy error messages. Use JAWS Speech History to review and copy information spoken by JAWS. Enable the tel ..read more
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February 2023 Student of the Month
Freedom Scientific Blog » Braille
by Elizabeth Whitaker
1y ago
The Freedom Scientific Student of the Month program features K-12 students living in the U.S. who are blind or visually impaired and use Freedom Scientific technology to achieve educational goals. The Student of the Month for February 2023 is Karl, a student in third grade from California. Karl has been using JAWS since he was six, and regularly completes schoolwork at home and in the classroom using JAWS. “JAWS helps blind kids know what’s on the screen. Most can’t read print so they use braille and JAWS,” Karl says. JAWS was especially helpful to him when completing assignments during the C ..read more
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Improve Productivity Using Refreshable Braille
Freedom Scientific Blog » Braille
by Elizabeth Whitaker
1y ago
would you like to improve your proficiency with a braille display? Join us Thursday, January 19 at noon Eastern time for our live webinar, “How to Improve Productivity Using Refreshable Braille.” What We’ll Cover We’ll show you seven features available when using a braille display with JAWS, plus discuss useful commands for the Focus Blue braille displays. Learn how to: Access braille settings in JAWS Use Scratch Pad to take notes when not connected to a computer or portable device Use status cells to obtain formatting information about a document or web page Select, copy, and paste text usin ..read more
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December 2022 Student of the Month
Freedom Scientific Blog » Braille
by Elizabeth Whitaker
1y ago
The Freedom Scientific Student of the Month for December 2022 is McKayla, a junior from Texas. This program features K-12 students living in the U.S. who are blind or visually impaired and use Freedom Scientific technology to achieve educational goals. McKayla has been a JAWS user since she was introduced to the software in kindergarten. Today, she uses it to complete assignments and conduct research. “JAWS is an excellent technology to use because it is all auditory,” McKayla says. She also uses a Focus 40 Braille Display to complete classwork, telling us that it gives her another way to acc ..read more
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