I encourage my students to take notes and we add keystrokes as needed or wanted.
DjAndChaz Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 9, 2016, at 6:57 AM, Brian Vogel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Kelly, > > You are indeed correct. I hasten to add that I do not, and never > have, attempted to teach any client the exhaustive list of either JAWS > commands or keyboard shortcuts for the Windows programs they're using. As I > pointed out earlier relative to myself, even I don't know anywhere near to > all of these. I let the client's actual needs as I work with them guide just > precisely what gets taught in terms of the weird detailed keyboard shortcuts > that virtually no sighted person ever uses but that they must use if they > wish to independently perform task X. > > I'm also big on the "teach a man or woman to fish" approach to JAWS > and Windows, so that when I'm no longer present they are able to do a > reasonable amount of digging and exploration on their own. I do less of this > than I'd actually like to because I often have to focus on a list of > immediate and pressing needs related to what the client needs to accomplish > NOW (or yesterday). > > I will take issue with your statement about blind users and the > number of keyboard shortcuts they can manage in their heads. Virtually every > proficient blind computer user I know manages a large number of keyboard > shortcuts in their head, far more than I do teaching them, because I learn > them to teach them, while they learn them to use them and tend to build upon > that list as more and more tasks are required over a period of years. I'd be > shocked if it isn't hundreds, plural, for some of the really, really > proficient. > > Brian > >
