Hi,
I did some demonstrations of jaws to sighted individuals at a college staff
development day a while ago. Basically, all I did was slow the speech down
to it's default speed, maybe slightly faster, so they could understand it
easier, then I took them through the basics of using word, navigating the
desktop and the internet without the mouse. I kept the screen on and simply
let them see that I was using the keyboard all of the time and I also
explained exactly what I was doing. I would've like to have been able to
give them each a turn using it with me guiding them, however we had time
constraints and a lack of machines and licences to deal with.
Aiden
----- Original Message -----
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] teaching jaws
I would turn off the screen and disconnect the mouse. In days gone by
everyone, blind and sighted, all learned to touch type. The only way for a
sighted person to learn any screen reader, in my opinion, is to learn to
use it as we blind would.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kimsan" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 9:09 PM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] teaching jaws
Hello folks:
I have a question and I hope to gain several responses from this post.
When teaching jaws to a sighted individual, not partially
sighted, but full blown 20-20, what would your approach be?
Meaning: would you turn the screen off so the person can
get
the full affect of how to use jaws? Would you iliminate using the mouse?
What would be the most important thing to mention/keep in mind when
teaching
sighted folks? If I have more questions to add, I will post them to this
thread. If you do not want to generate tons of traffic on this thread and
cause an annoyance, please feel free to email me at [email protected].
Thanks, and I hope to hear from you.
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