If I may interject a point into this conversation...
My son is not visually impaired, but I am and I have been having issues with
our school system, in the problem of trying to help with my son's homework.
A majority of his homework does not come from the textbooks, but from
websites on the internet. Whenever I would try to access these sites to try
to explain a problem to him, these sites are not accessible with JAWS. I
even attempted to get the books in braille (which I was able to), but the
teachers, after receiving them, said that almost 90% of the information
comes from worksheets from different educational websites. I do not want to
be the discouraging wet blanket, but if anyone has any ideas or suggestions
as to how to correct this problem, by all means please clue me in.
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "John R. Vaughn" <jrvaugh...@comcast.net>
To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 10:09 AM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] resources for your child-Re: Most commonly
usedprograms
Ruchi ,
The jaws help system lists programs that work with Jaws as well as tips on
using the program. Go into the jaws interface (insert key plus letter j).
The press alt key plus h for help and explore the various training
materials in this menu.
In addition, I would talk to your child's vision teacher and see if that
person has assistive technology resources that you can meet with as
needed. Also, your state may have a state department that deals with
instructional materials for children with a disability.
And finally, there are qualified blind teachers/trainers out there that
offer on line training that you can talk to the vision teacher/special
education director about and try and get the school system to fund such
training. No doubt sighted kids are being trained how to use various
programs, and if the school does not have the resource to teach your
child, then ask why the school cannot provide your child with the needed
resources. The law requires the school system to provide your child with
the needed resources.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ruchi Patil" <ruchi_pa...@samruddha.net>
To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 9:26 AM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Most commonly used programs
Hi, what are the programs, most commonly used by the blind, that are
completely accessible with jaws? My 9 year old son uses ms word and
PowerPoint at school along with the other programs made specifically for
the blind. But they have computer training at school till grade 8, and I
am not sure how many of those he may be able to use? Next semester they
have publisher, then coreldraw. If there are other accessible programs, I
could work out with the school to train him for those instead- anything
in music editing for example. Please throw light on this.
Regards,
Ruchi
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