Vispero Connect

On FSCast 193 we'll meet Taylor Cox. She's our first Freedom Scientific Student of the Month. Then it's over to Amsterdam for a visit with Mohammed Laachir. We'll hear how he rapidly switched from using ZoomText to using JAWS full-time, and how he went from being an FSOpenLine caller to a JAWS developer.

Transcript available at blog.freedomscientific.com.

On the archive of FSOpenLine from November 2020, Your questions about a variety of issues including: Getting Chrome to automatically describe images, JAWS on ARM processors, and multiple selection of items in list boxes on the web.

Transcript available at blog.FreedomScientific.com

On FSCast 191, Christy Householter talks about Computers for the Blind, a place to get a refurbished computer if you live in the U.S. Then a visit with JAWS scripting ninja Doug Lee. We'll learn about his life and why he scripts so many popular apps for free. And, finally, a song about JAWS keyboard commands from the students at the Texas School for the Blind.

Transcript available at blog.freedomscientific.com.

On FSCast 190, news about the release schedule for Jaws, ZoomText, and Fusion 2021. Rachael Bradley Montgomery talks about escape rooms, what they are, and what Vispero has done to prove that they can be made inclusive of people with disabilities. Then Ed Potter drops in. He's the man who created Playback, a cassette magazine where blind people turned for technology news long before the Internet.

On FSCast 189, the 2021 versions of JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion are just around the corner. We'll demonstrate the new Voice Assistant, OCR directly to Word, improvements to Picture Smart on the web, and the new streamlined way of reading messages in Outlook. Plus, David Kingsbury is back to talk about his new book: "When One Web Browser Is Not Enough"

News about features coming in the first public beta of JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion 2021. Plus, your questions on a variety of topics including: JAWS with Citrix, simplifying the JAWS UI, WhatsApp Web, and mail merge in Word.

On FSCast 187 we'll get to know Dan Clark who's been the voice of JAWS training for the past twenty years. We'll also meet Laura Wolk who just completed a year clerking for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas with JAWS by her side.

On FSCast 186, we meet blindness consultant and TV producer Joe Strechay who helps ensure that blind people are accurately portrayed in media. There's news about the new Freedom Scientific training podcast, and Jonathan Mosen drops in with a demo of the new JAWS feature to prevent speech cut off when using certain audio devices.

On FSCast 185, we meet Dave Leo Baker who spent over twenty years in the JAWS scripting department before setting off on his own to pursue a musical career. Jim Snowbarger talks about why Reaper software and his JAWS scripts are a powerful combination for doing any sort of audio production. Plus, Eric Damery with news about what's in the June product updates, and info about special U.S. product pricing that coincides with the summer NFB and ACB conventions.

Transcript available at blog.freedomscientific.com/fscast

On the May 2020 FSOpenLine, a preview of June product updates that bring a new Braille and Text Viewer, plus a JAWS feature that prevents chopping off the beginning of words when using some laptops and Bluetooth headphones. Of course, we also take your calls on a variety of topics including scripts for YouTube and Wireshark from Doug Lee, and a new ElBraille mailing list.

Transcript available at https://blog.freedomscientific.com/fscast/

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