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Freedom Scientific

Do you shop online? Are you looking for an easy way to shop for and purchase products from many popular retailers all on one website? Join us and members of Innosearch for a live webinar on May 29 at Noon ET! ACVREP credits available for those who attend the live webinar. Register today: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist

ZoomWelcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Shop Online with Innosearch and JAWS. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.Innosearch offers an online shopping experience that makes it easy to shop for and purchase products from many popular retailers all on one website. Join us on Thursday, May 29 at Noon ET as we discuss this accessible platform. We'll show you how to navigate the Innosearch.ai website, search for products, and make purchases. Freedom Scientific Presenters: Elizabeth Whitaker and Rachel Buchanan ACVREP Credits: ACVREP credits will be available for those who attend the live webinar. Help Us Spread the Word: Please feel free to share this with someone you think might benefit from attending.
#Innosearch#FreedomScientificTraining#JAWS
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Tech Singer

I know we have a bunch of people who are more or less into slightly unusual tech here, so figured I would ask. Does anyone know of a #bitcoin hot #wallet which has #A11y for #blind users? I don't care if it's #Jaws or #NVDA which works with it, but do prefer #Windows if at all possible. Accessibility, though, is the main thing. If anyone knows of one which works well with #Voiceover on #iOS, or even with TB on #Android, I'd appreciate hearing of it. Boosts would, of course, be very welcome.

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Gordon Anthony

Sorry, folks, a bit more #Technology help required. This is another odd one.
I’ve just got a new Windows 11 PC. A couple of times, but not every time, when I start the PC up, I don’t hear JAWS announce the login screen. When I check with SeeingAI, the screen shows the lock screen with time & date. However, I can’t get rid of it to get to the login screen. I’ve tried Escape, Space Bar, Enter, Alt Tab but nothing works. All I can do is press the PC’s reset button and then it restarts perfectly.
Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this?
Any suggestions welcome. Thanks.
#Accessibility #JAWS #Windows11

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Adam MacLeod

Trying this again, since I got no answers last time, and only one confirmation that I'm not alone in seeing this behaviour:
For whatever reason, the JAWS "Check For Updates" menu option under the Help menu is always unavailable when running Windows and JFW in a virtual machine on a Qemu-KVM hypervisor.
What I'd love to know is if anyone knows if this is a bug or feature? If bug, is FS even aware of it? Any planned fixes? I tried to contact FS on this and got about as much as I expected, nothing.
If a feature, does anyone understand the rationale of making JFW automatic Updates unavailable on virtual machines?
#Accessibility #A11Y #automaticUpdates #JAWS #JFW #ScreenReader #Windows

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Lanie Molinar Carmelo

To other #blind #students, what tools have you used to help you format your papers with #APA styling and #citations? My #university provides #Perrla for free to students, but it doesn't seem to be the most #accessible with #ScreenReaders, at least not the online version. I haven't tried the add-on for #MicrosoftWord. With the online version, though, I don't see any keyboard shortcuts, and when you move into the edit box to start writing a paper, focus gets trapped there and it's hard to get out, so I don't think it's the best tool for me. The only other tool I know of is the reference manager built into Microsoft Word, but it seems to have fewer features and doesn't really help you format your paper like Perrla does, something I was looking forward to since all the APA rules for styling seem hard to remember.
#College #CollegeStudent #accessibility #JAWS #ScreenReaders #writing
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Lanie Molinar Carmelo

To other #JAWS #ScreenReader users, is anyone who uses #JAWS2025 having issues with the results viewer? I'm not sure when it started, but mine is completely inaccessible. Anytime I try to use PictureSmart, FS Companion, or anything else that uses the results viewer, it opens, but I can't read anything. JAWS won't do anything while on that window, and escape doesn't close it like it should. I tried repairing JAWS but that didn't fix anything, so I'm wondering if it's a script I use causing the problem. The only scripts I have installed are Leasey and the Zoom pro scripts by @brian_hartgen and a few scripts for things like Discord and Unigram by Doug Lee. I'm starting to contemplate a complete reinstall of JAWS though because not being able to use the results viewer is causing me more and more pain.
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#blind #tech #accessibility #Windows

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Freedom Scientific

Check out this week's JAWS Power Tip: How To Determine Text Formatting with Braille Font Attribute Marks Using JAWS: toptechtidbits.com/280.html

Top Tech Tidbits - A Mind Vault Solutions, Ltd. PublicationJAWS Power Tip: How To Determine Text Formatting with Braille Font Attribute Marks Using JAWS - Top Tech Tidbits - A Mind Vault Solutions, Ltd. PublicationFor those who primarily read using Braille, it can be difficult to determine when text includes specific font attributes like bold, italics, or underline. Unified English Braille (UEB) and other Braille codes define dot patterns which are used as Braille indicators that may precede and follow text to identify the specific attribute being used. For example, in UEB, Dots 4-6 represents italicized text, while Dots 4-5-6 represents underlined text. In the March update of JAWS 2025, you can now configure JAWS to show font attribute marks when reading or editing documents using Braille.
#JAWSPowerTip#JAWS#FreedomScientificTraining
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Freedom Scientific

This year marks the 30th anniversary of JAWS for Windows! As we celebrate 30 years of progress, we look back at the impact JAWS has made and look forward to an even more inclusive future. Which JAWS feature or innovation have you used the most? Check out the JAWS timeline and the history of JAWS video: vispero.com/jaws-timeline/

Vispero - Empowering Independence · JAWS TimelineExplore JAWS through the years.1996 - Scripting Support JAWS scripts greatly expanded the ability to customize how JAWS worked with various applications. Using the JAWS scripting language, professionals and even regular users with basic programming skills could improve the accessibility and efficiency with applications that would otherwise be inaccessible or difficult to use. 1998 - First
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