e-Learning Entrance – Freedom Scientific Webinar Schedule and Registration Page
Welcome to e-Learning from Freedom Scientific. Learn to use JAWS® screen reading software, MAGic® screen magnification software, PAC Mate Omni™ accessible Pocket PC, and more from the convenience of your home or office.
JAWS Tip: This page and several other pages on the Freedom Scientific Web site use ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) landmarks for navigation. ARIA gives screen reader users a new way to navigate and interact with Web pages where it is implemented. JAWS users can press SEMICOLON or SHIFT+SEMICOLON to move from one ARIA landmark to another.
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Features and Benefits of Online Learning from Freedom Scientific
| Features | Benefits |
|---|---|
| Work from school, home, or your office | No travel expenses |
| Average length, one hour lessons | Easy to get approval to learn at work; easy to find time from home or school |
| Archived lessons | All lessons can be reviewed at your convenience, 24 hours a day. You can miss lessons if something else prevents your attendance, and then catch up later using the archives. You can even join a multi-part Webinar that may have begun earlier by reviewing the prior lessons before joining the Webinar already in progress! |
| Expert trainers | You get the best training available. The trainers at Freedom Scientific are uniquely qualified to understand and present the training because they are part of the team involved in development of the software and hardware that is used in the training. |
Log On Instructions for Using the Webinar Software
Download the Webinar Conference Software Plug-In
A small Webinar conference plug-in is required for first-time users before you log on. Once the Webinar conference software plug-in is installed, choose the register link for the session you want to attend. An e-mail with logon instructions will be sent out to all attendees.
Screen Reader User Information
Choose this link to learn more about how to use JAWS with the Webinar conference software. On this page you'll also find a table of keystrokes, including those built-in to the Webinar software as well as JAWS-specific keystrokes for the conference room.
Scripts are now included in JAWS 10.0.1139 and later to enhance the experience of using the Webinar conference software. If you are using JAWS 10.0.1139 or later you do not need to install the scripts. As one example, the scripts take care of silencing progress bar announcements for JAWS users when a moderator is talking, and also give better feedback when navigating in the conference room. Only choose this link to download a set of script files for JAWS prior to 10.0.1139. The script files should be unzipped to your user settings folder. Here's how to get to your user settings folder easily:
- Press the WINDOWS Key to open the Start Menu.
- Move to and open the JAWS program group.
- Choose Explore JAWS.
- Choose Explore My Settings.
Free Webinar Training Schedule
Choose the register link for the session you would like to attend. A separate e-mail with instructions will be sent to everyone who registers.
Archives for Webinars that are not currently open for registration can be found in the Archive section below. If you are a JAWS user press SEMICOLON to quickly navigate by ARIA landmarks on this page.
Webinar Training Room Orientation
Date: February 22
- Time: 12:00 PM Eastern Time (17:00 GMT)
- Webinar: Beginning to intermediate concepts
- Cost: No charge
- Level: Beginner to intermediate
- Length: One hour
This is a core concept Webinar. It should be taken by anyone who is interested in learning to use JAWS screen reading software or MAGic screen magnification software in the Freedom Scientific online Webinar training room.
Learn how to do the following:
- Move from one part of the Webinar room to the other parts of the room
- Enter text in the chat area
- Read chat history
- Change the talk key and other user options
- Use a microphone to talk to other participants or the instructor
- Get JAWS help for the Webinar room
- Use the JAWS list of headings, links, and navigation quick keys in the browser window
- Make recordings of Webinars for later review
- Open practice files or other browser windows outside of the Webinar room
- Switch between practice files and the Webinar room
Research It
Date: March 1
- Time: 12:00 PM Eastern Time (17:00 GMT)
- Webinar: Intermediate to advanced concepts
- Cost: No charge
- Level: Intermediate to advanced
- Length: One hour
Research It is a new feature that provides quick access to information while also making it easy to return to your primary task. Use just a few keystrokes to look up information and display salient data in the Virtual Viewer. When you have finished researching, press another keystroke to return to the task you were performing before the research started. All that is required to use Research It is JAWS 11 and an Internet connection.
In this Webinar we briefly explore how to use Research It and go through several examples together. Learn how to create custom rule sets and lookup modules for Research It. We will also look at the Research It Developer's Kit, a tool that will guide you in creation of new lookups, and more.
If you are a software developer or script developer, you can create and customize your own lookup module and tailor it to your organization's needs. A law or medical office can have a search engine for legal and medical terms, while a school or government agency can have a lookup module dedicated to specific acronyms and terminology.
We will share a brand new lookup and examine the code. One of our developers will also be present in the Webinar room for answering more technical questions related to creating your own Research It lookup modules.
To create Research It modules you need to know the following:
- JAWS
- XQuery
- XPath
- XML and HTML
It is not necessary to know all of these to participate in the Webinar, but having knowledge of the above topics is necessary for creating Research It lookups. We will also point you to references where you can learn more about these topics.
JAWS and MAGic Reading Commands and Cursors Used by JAWS
Date: March 15
- Time: 12:00 PM Eastern Time (16:00 GMT)
- Webinar: Basic concepts
- Cost: No charge
- Level: Beginner to intermediate
- Length: One hour
This is a core concept Webinar. It should be taken by anyone who is interested in learning to use JAWS® screen reading software for reading, work, or for accessibility testing purposes.
Reading the screen is done by pressing keys on the numeric keypad, or NUM PAD, sometimes in combination with other keys on the keyboard. When JAWS is loaded, the NUM LOCK is turned off, so that the keys represent movement keys, such as left arrow, right arrow, page up, and so on. Learn to read by character, word, line, sentence, paragraph, and more. MAGic® screen magnification software uses the same reading commands as JAWS, so learning the keyboard commands for one product provides a seamless transition to the other.
One of the key concepts of how JAWS works relates to the multiple cursor system that has been developed. Cursors discussed in this Webinar include the PC cursor, JAWS (mouse pointer) cursor, and the Virtual cursor.
The PC cursor is used for navigation and follows the focus of the system. The PC cursor is active when JAWS is first started, but if you switch to another cursor, you can press NUM PAD PLUS to make the PC cursor active again.
At other times the JAWS cursor takes over to perform actions that would normally be done using the mouse. The JAWS cursor is the mouse pointer. It can go places where the PC cursor cannot, for example, to the title bar at the top of many Windows® applications. The JAWS cursor can also be used to simulate clicking of mouse buttons.
Text in a Web page is very much like the static text in a Windows status message. The PC cursor cannot move to this text, as there is no insertion point. The JAWS cursor can access this text, but this is not the most efficient way to access larger documents such as those often found on the World Wide Web. When using Internet Explorer® (or programs that tie into the core components of Internet Explorer), or Adobe® Reader® files, JAWS provides the Virtual PC cursor to simulate an insertion point. This provides you the same functionality as that found in any word processing document. Text can be read by character, word, line, sentence, or paragraph, and text can be selected and copied to the Windows clipboard.
PDF Document Reading and Strategies with JAWS and MAGic
Date: March 22
Are you afraid of PDF (Portable Document Format) files? Would you like to know more about how to read them with JAWS and MAGic? If so, this Webinar is for you.
- Time: 12:00 PM Eastern Time (16:00 GMT)
- Webinar: Beginning to intermediate concepts
- Cost: No charge
- Level: Beginner to intermediate
- Length: One and one-half hours
TIP: Did you know that if you miss a Webinar, a link to the archive of the Webinar will be sent to you if you register? That way, you can make up the Webinar at a later date. Would you like to join a series of Webinars already in progress? You can register at any time, review the archives for any lessons you missed, and join a series of Webinars already in progress.
Learn how to read PDF documents and use different strategies to obtain a better idea of why some PDF documents do not read well, or may not read at all. Learn how to test a PDF document for accessibility. Learn how to determine if a PDF document is a scanned image and not text that can be read with a screen reader. Then learn what you can do to convert the PDF document so that it CAN be read. Learn how to interact with forms and form controls, tables, hyperlinks, and more, all in PDF documents of different types.
NOTE: This class assumes you have Adobe Reader version 9 installed. If you do not have it already installed, use the following link to download a copy of Adobe Reader and install it prior to taking this Webinar. Also, this Webinar includes practice exercises that you will open during the class. You should have JAWS or MAGic installed to use during the Webinar to get the fullest experience from your time spent in this training.
JAWS and MAGic Voice Profiles
Date: March 29
This is a core concept Webinar. It is recommended for anyone who is interested in learning more about using JAWS or MAGic.
- Time: 12:00 PM Eastern Time (16:00 GMT)
- Webinar: Beginning to intermediate concepts
- Cost: No charge
- Level: Beginner to intermediate
- Length: One hour
TIP: Did you know that if you miss a Webinar, a link to the archive of the Webinar will be sent to you if you register? That way, you can make up the Webinar at a later date. Would you like to join a series of Webinars already in progress? You can register at any time, review the archives for any lessons you missed, and join a series of Webinars already in progress.
A voice profile is a collection of different speech settings such as rate, pitch, language, punctuation levels, and other speech options that have been saved as a group with a specific name. For example, you could create a "leisure reading" profile with a nice sounding RealSpeak™ Solo Direct voice that has a slower speed and that speaks no punctuation. You could create a "Proofreading" profile that checks for all punctuation. You could create a Spanish (or other language) profile to switch quickly and easily to have text that is written in another language pronounced correctly when you are reading it. You can instantly switch between existing voice profiles by using a single keystroke.
Learn to create voice profiles that switch to a different synthesizer, change punctuation, change voices for different cursors, and even switch to a different language.
Webinar Training Room Orientation
Date: April 12
- Time: 12:00 PM Eastern Time (16:00 GMT)
- Webinar: Beginning to intermediate concepts
- Cost: No charge
- Level: Beginner to intermediate
- Length: One hour
This is a core concept Webinar. It should be taken by anyone who is interested in learning to use JAWS screen reading software or MAGic screen magnification software in the Freedom Scientific online Webinar training room.
Learn how to do the following:
- Move from one part of the Webinar room to the other parts of the room
- Enter text in the chat area
- Read chat history
- Change the talk key and other user options
- Use a microphone to talk to other participants or the instructor
- Get JAWS help for the Webinar room
- Use the JAWS list of headings, links, and navigation quick keys in the browser window
- Make recordings of Webinars for later review
- Open practice files or other browser windows outside of the Webinar room
- Switch between practice files and the Webinar room
Surf's Up! Surfing the Internet with JAWS and MAGic!
DATE: April 26 - June 8 (individual lesson dates are listed below)
- Time: 12:00 PM Eastern Time (16:00 GMT)
- Webinar: Basic concepts
- Cost: No charge
- Level: Beginner to intermediate
- Length: Six one hour lessons
This is a core concept Webinar. It should be taken by anyone who is interested in learning to use JAWS or MAGic for reading or navigating Web pages on the Internet.
Learn to use JAWS screen reading software and MAGic screen magnification software to read and navigate the Internet! Do you want to become a power JAWS or MAGic user on the World Wide Web? Do you want to learn how JAWS or MAGic can help you navigate the vast resources of entertainment, education, and information available on the Web? Join the Freedom Scientific training team, and go through the Surf's Up training Web site in a series of free Webinars. Join any Webinar during the year, or view archives of those held previously.
Lesson One, April 26
By the end of this workshop you will understand, be able to discuss, and/or perform the following tasks, as they apply to users of screen reading software or screen magnification software:
- Different parts of the Internet Explorer® 8 Window
- Differences between Internet Explorer 8 and Firefox® 3
- What is Surf's Up?
- Begin using JAWS to read text on Web pages
- Use the JAWS list of links
- Use the JAWS list of headings
- Explain one or two of the differences between how JAWS and MAGic read Web pages and interact with each other when running together
- JAWS navigation quick keys (a beginning)
- Different types of hyperlinks
- Pictures or images on the Web - used for pictures only or pictures that are also links
- Divisions on Web pages
- Introduction to PlaceMarkers
- Introduction to JAWS custom label feature
Lesson Two, May 3
By the end of this workshop you will understand, be able to discuss, and/or perform the following tasks, as they apply to users of JAWS® screen reading software or MAGic® screen magnification software:
- PlaceMarkers
- Divisions
- ARIA Landmarks
- Tabbed browsing in Internet Explorer
- Tabbed browsing in Firefox
- Temporary and permanent changes for JAWS and MAGic
- The Adjust JAWS (or MAGic) Options dialog box
- Personalized settings for a Web domain
- Selecting and copying text, images, or other information from either the
- on screen content
- virtual content, not necessarily seen on screen
- Get more practice with some live Web sites
Lesson Three, May 10
By the end of this workshop you will understand, be able to discuss, and/or perform the following tasks as they relate to surfing the Internet with JAWS and MAGic:
- What are tables and how are they used on the Web?
- Use JAWS or MAGic table reading keystrokes in HTML or PDF tables
- Navigate to and use tables on Web pages or PDF documents
- Select and copy text from cells and rows within a table
- Select and copy entire tables
- Switch from simple layout to screen layout with JAWS
- Understand how MAGic automatically uses screen layout instead of simple layout
- Change how JAWS handles reading column and row headers in tables
- Change JAWS to recognize layout tables if needed
Lesson Four, May 17
By the end of this workshop you will understand, be able to discuss, and/or perform the following tasks as they relate to surfing the Internet with JAWS and MAGic:
- Forms mode
- Auto forms mode, introduced in JAWS 10
- List of form controls, INSERT+F5
- Sounds JAWS uses for auto forms mode
- Keyboard navigation within forms
- ARROW keys
- TAB key
- Navigation Quick Keys
- AutoComplete Settings in Internet Explorer
- Interaction with form controls
- Edit boxes
- Combo boxes
- Check boxes
- Radio buttons
- Multiple selection list boxes
- Submit buttons (and other buttons)
- JAWS List of Virtual HTML Features, INSERT+F3
Lesson Five, June 7
By the end of this workshop you will understand, be able to discuss, and/or perform the following tasks as they relate to surfing the Internet with JAWS and MAGic:
- Frames on the Web
- Flash on the Web
Lesson Six, June 8
By the end of this workshop you will understand, be able to discuss, and/or perform the following tasks as they relate to surfing the Internet with JAWS and MAGic:
- Dealing with difficult pages
- Pages that refresh frequently
- Languages on the Web
- Using the JAWS find command on Web pages
- Search engines on the Web
- OnMouseOvers
Webinar Training Room Orientation
Date: June 28
- Time: 12:00 PM Eastern Time (16:00 GMT)
- Webinar: Beginning to intermediate concepts
- Cost: No charge
- Level: Beginner to intermediate
- Length: One hour
This is a core concept Webinar. It should be taken by anyone who is interested in learning to use JAWS screen reading software or MAGic screen magnification software in the Freedom Scientific online Webinar training room.
Learn how to do the following:
- Move from one part of the Webinar room to the other parts of the room
- Enter text in the chat area
- Read chat history
- Change the talk key and other user options
- Use a microphone to talk to other participants or the instructor
- Get JAWS help for the Webinar room
- Use the JAWS list of headings, links, and navigation quick keys in the browser window
- Make recordings of Webinars for later review
- Open practice files or other browser windows outside of the Webinar room
- Switch between practice files and the Webinar room
Paid Webinar Training Schedule
NOTE: Paid Webinar training requires attendance at the time of the Webinar. Review of Webinar archives is necessary if you are unable to participate in the Webinar due to time-zone, employment, or other considerations. Online exams must be completed with a total passing grade of at least 80% to earn a Certificate of Completion.
JAWS Training for Teachers and AT Trainers (Equivalent to Our Two-Day Workshop)
Date: February 2 - 25 (individual lesson dates are listed below)
Are you an assistive technology (AT) teacher or a trainer? Do you need to be able to assist or help students who use JAWS? Are you a help desk support person who needs to support JAWS users in the field? If the answer to any of the questions above is "yes," this paid Webinar is for you.
- Time: 12:00 PM Eastern Time (17:00 GMT)
- Webinar: Medium to advanced concepts
- Cost: $600 USD
- Level: Intermediate to advanced
- Length: Twelve one-hour sessions, see dates below
- Exams given: Yes
- Continuing Education Units (CEU) awarded: 1.2
TIP: Did you know that if you miss a Webinar, a link to the archive of the Webinar will be sent to you if you register? That way, you can make up the Webinar at a later date. Would you like to join a series of Webinars already in progress? You can register at any time, review the archives for any lessons you missed, and join a series of Webinars already in progress.
Lesson One, Introduction, Starting JAWS and Defining Hot Keys, February 2
Begin with a discussion of the workshop objectives and agenda. Learn to start JAWS from the desktop, start menu, and run dialog box. Set up a hot key to launch JAWS.
Lesson Two, JAWS Training Materials and FSReader, February 3
"How do I get started with JAWS?" The answer is there are three main JAWS training resources available to you and your students. Learn how to use FSReader, the free DAISY reader that is included with JAWS, to read and get the most out of our training materials.
Lesson Three, JAWS Startup Wizard and Changing Settings Temporarily, February 4
Use the JAWS Startup Wizard to adjust settings quickly. Have you ever wished you could slow down (or speed up) the voice rate of JAWS on a computer so you could understand it more easily? Many settings in JAWS can be adjusted temporarily, without having to go into different managers or configuration dialog boxes. Learn the quick and easy way to change settings without making the changes permanent.
Lesson Four, Braille and JAWS Utilities Menu Overview, February 9
Learn how to install a braille display and make changes to braille settings. Like many other JAWS settings, braille settings can be made permanently or on a temporary basis. Look at a couple of items in the JAWS Utilities menu that end-users may want to change.
Lesson Five, JAWS Help Menu, Help System, Screen Sensitive Help, Application Help, and More, February 10
Learn how to use the resources in the JAWS Help menu, including the JAWS Help system. JAWS has a wealth of help information built into it. Learn how and where to access the information you need quickly and easily.
Lesson Six, JAWS Program Group, Including Braille Viewer, and HJPad, February 11
Learn about the resources available in the JAWS Program Group. HJPad is a free word processor complete with a spell checker that ships with JAWS. It has several practice dialog boxes and tools that are useful for teaching Windows concepts, as well as physical and functional descriptions of many common Windows controls. Braille Viewer is great for interpreting what is on a refreshable braille display, whether a physical braille display is attached or not. Other items of discussion include exploring where user and shared settings are maintained, and other tools such as Internet License Manager authorization viewer, using PAC Mate desktop to allow a PAC Mate user to control a computer, settings packager to share user settings among students, and more.
Lesson Seven, Basic JAWS Screen Reading Keys and Cursors Used with JAWS, February 16
Reading the screen is done by pressing keys on the numeric keypad, or NUM PAD, sometimes in combination with other keys on the keyboard. Discussion includes using three primary cursors with JAWS: the PC cursor, the JAWS cursor, and the virtual cursor. There may be times when a JAWS user can only access something on the screen with a mouse by pointing and clicking. The JAWS cursor is the answer. On Web pages and in PDF documents, the virtual cursor is used for reading, but the PC cursor is used when filling in forms.
Lesson Eight, Cut, Copy, and Paste from the Keyboard and In Different Environments, February 17
Practice using Windows keyboard commands as well as JAWS commands used for manipulating text. Be able to copy and paste text from not only word processing programs, but from a virtual environment where no visible cursor exists, and in some cases, where no visible text exists.
Lesson Nine, JAWS Dictionary Manager, February 18
The JAWS Dictionary Manager is useful for pronouncing words or phrases that a speech synthesizer may not pronounce correctly. New in JAWS 10 is the ability to create rules applying to specific languages, synthesizers, or voices.
Lesson Ten, JAWS and HTML, including PlaceMarkers and Navigation Quick Keys, February 23
Learn about navigation quick keys, the list of links, the list of headings, and PlaceMarkers. General navigation in Internet Explorer is discussed.
Lesson Eleven, Tables and Forms with JAWS on the Web, February 24
Information is often entered using forms, and output is often presented in tabular format dynamically on the Web. Learn how to use the new JAWS 10 auto forms mode, and be able to interact with forms in Web pages or PDF documents. Learn JAWS table reading keystrokes, and learn how JAWS reads row and column headers and more.
Lesson Twelve, Custom Labels on the Web and Prompt Creator, February 25
JAWS allows you to assign custom text labels to almost any HTML element that you can move to by pressing the TAB key in Internet Explorer and Web-based documents. These elements include text links, graphic links, form fields, and buttons. You can also label images on Web pages. Learn to use this feature to customize the elements of any Web page to help you navigate the page, reduce verbosity, compensate for incomplete or poorly labeled elements, and similar functions. Prompt Creator is used to label form fields or other controls and can provide tutor messages in a non-HTML program environment.
Office 2007 Overview and Introduction
DATE: February 26
NOTE: This workshop assumes familiarity with using JAWS or MAGic in the Webinar training room. Before taking this workshop, participants should complete the free Webinar Training Room Orientation.
- Time: 12:00 PM Eastern Time (17:00 GMT)
- Webinar: Medium to advanced concepts
- Cost: $50 USD
- Level: Intermediate to advanced
- Length: One hour
- Exam given: Yes
- Continuing Education Units (CEU) awarded: 0.1
By the end of this workshop you will understand, be able to discuss, and/or perform the following tasks as they relate to Office 2007 from the keyboard with JAWS and MAGic:
- Overview of Office 2007
- Navigation techniques for the ribbon and task panes
- Explore the Office Menu
- Quick Access Toolbar (QAT)
- Differences between what is presented on the ribbon for Word, Excel, and Outlook messages
TIP: Did you know that if you miss a Webinar, a link to the archive of the Webinar will be sent to you if you register? That way, you can make up the Webinar at a later date. Would you like to join a series of Webinars already in progress? You can register at any time, review the archives for any lessons you missed, and join a series of Webinars already in progress.
Outlook 2007, Three One and One-Half Hour Webinars
DATE: March 2, 16, and 23
This three-part webinar series is normally offered as three separate webinars, priced at $75 apiece. Take advantage of our special bundled price of $199 by signing up for all three at once, and save $26.
NOTE: This workshop assumes familiarity with using JAWS or MAGic in the Webinar training room. Before taking this workshop, participants should complete the free Webinar Training Room Orientation.
- Time: 12:00 PM Eastern Time (17:00 GMT for the first lesson; 16:00 GMT for the remaining lessons)
- Webinar: Medium to advanced concepts
- Cost: $199 bundled price (save $26 off the price of separate webinars)
- Level: Intermediate to advanced
- Length: Three lessons, one and one-half hours each
- Exam given: Yes
- Continuing Education Units (CEU) awarded: 0.45
Outlook 2007 Part One, Introduction
DATE: March 2
By the end of this workshop you will understand, be able to discuss, and/or perform the following tasks as they relate to Outlook 2007 from the keyboard with JAWS and MAGic:
- Introduction to Outlook
- Create, send, and receive messages
- Navigation in the main program (menu) vs. navigation in messages (ribbon)
- Create and use folders
- Deleting messages
- Outlook preferences (autocorrect options, mail format, editor options, spelling options), and address book basics
Outlook 2007 Part Two
DATE: March 16
By the end of this workshop you will understand, be able to discuss, and/or perform the following tasks as they relate to Outlook 2007 from the keyboard with JAWS and MAGic:
- Send and receive e-mail with attachments
- Use the Quick Access Toolbar to assign keystrokes to simplify both tasks
- Appointments
- Meeting requests
- Calendar navigation
Outlook 2007 Part Three
DATE: March 23
By the end of this workshop you will understand, be able to discuss, and/or perform the following tasks as they relate to Outlook 2007 from the keyboard with JAWS and MAGic:
- Read complicated or difficult e-mails in the browser
- JAWS navigation quick keys for reading HTML-based e-mail
- Instant search feature to find e-mails that contain words or phrases
- Categories
- Flags
Word 2007, Three One and One-Half Hour Webinars
DATE: April 27, May 4, and May 11
This three-part webinar series is normally offered as three separate webinars, priced at $75 apiece. Take advantage of our special bundled price of $199 by signing up for all three at once, and save $26.
NOTE: This workshop assumes familiarity with using JAWS or MAGic in the Webinar training room. Before taking this workshop, participants should complete the free Webinar Training Room Orientation.
- Time: 12:00 PM Eastern Time (16:00 GMT)
- Webinar: Medium to advanced concepts
- Cost: $199 bundled price (save $26 off the price of separate webinars)
- Level: Intermediate to advanced
- Length: Three lessons, one and one-half hours each
- Exam given: Yes
- Continuing Education Units (CEU) awarded: 0.45
Word 2007 Part One, Introduction
DATE: April 27
By the end of this workshop you will understand, be able to discuss, and/or perform the following tasks as they relate to Word 2007 from the keyboard with JAWS and MAGic:
- Introduction to Word
- Setting Word preferences
- Autocorrect options
- Spelling options
- Default document location
- Create, retrieve, and save documents
- Spell check
- Grammar check
- Explore the ribbon and ribbon groups
- JAWS navigation quick keys in Word
Word 2007 Part Two
DATE: May 4
By the end of this workshop you will understand, be able to discuss, and/or perform the following tasks as they relate to Word 2007 from the keyboard with JAWS and MAGic:
- Change the default document template
- Modify styles
- Create templates for styles
- Set and use bookmarks
- Navigation between task panes, ribbon, status bar, and document area
- JAWS settings, Adjust JAWS dialog box
Word 2007 Part Three
DATE: May 11
By the end of this workshop you will understand, be able to discuss, and/or perform the following tasks as they relate to Word 2007 from the keyboard with JAWS and MAGic:
- Insert images with alternative text
- Create and modify tables
- Use the bookmark feature to have row and column headers read for JAWS users
- Contextual tabs on the ribbon
- Track changes
PowerPoint 2007, Three One and One-Half Hour Webinars
DATE: June 29, 30, and July 1
This three-part webinar series is normally offered as three separate webinars, priced at $75 apiece. Take advantage of our special bundled price of $199 by signing up for all three at once, and save $26.
NOTE: This workshop assumes familiarity with using JAWS or MAGic in the Webinar training room. Before taking this workshop, participants should complete the free Webinar Training Room Orientation.
- Time: 12:00 PM Eastern Time (16:00 GMT)
- Webinar: Medium to advanced concepts
- Cost: $199 bundled price (save $26 off the price of separate webinars)
- Level: Intermediate to advanced
- Length: Three lessons, one and one-half hours each
- Exam given: Yes
- Continuing Education Units (CEU) awarded: 0.45
PowerPoint 2007 Part One, Introduction
DATE: June 29
By the end of this workshop you will understand, be able to discuss, and/or perform the following tasks as they relate to PowerPoint 2007 from the keyboard with JAWS and MAGic:
- Introduction to PowerPoint
- Create, open, and save presentations
- Add new slides, delete or rearrange slides
- Move between object placeholders, different types of placeholders
- Add text to placeholders
- Add images to placeholders
- Add alternative text to images
- Add background color to a series of slides
- Add a sound to the presentation
PowerPoint 2007 Part Two
DATE: June 30
By the end of this workshop you will understand, be able to discuss, and/or perform the following tasks as they relate to PowerPoint 2007 from the keyboard with JAWS and MAGic:
- Use custom animation effects to fly in bullet points
- Rearrange animation effects for optimal presentations
- Add a delay to sounds
PowerPoint 2007 Part Three
DATE: July 1
By the end of this workshop you will understand, be able to discuss, and/or perform the following tasks as they relate to PowerPoint 2007 from the keyboard with JAWS and MAGic:
- Present the slide show
- Add speaker's notes to slides
- Outline view
- Thumbnail view
- Handouts for the audience using export to Microsoft Word
- Use JAWS to hear speaker's notes during presentation (Tips for JAWS users on how to present)
Excel 2007, Two One and One-Half Hour Webinars
DATE: July 13 and 20
This two-part webinar series is normally offered as two separate webinars, priced at $75 apiece. Take advantage of our special bundled price of $130 by signing up for both at once, and save $20.
NOTE: This workshop assumes familiarity with using JAWS or MAGic in the Webinar training room. Before taking this workshop, participants should complete the free Webinar Training Room Orientation.
- Time: 12:00 PM Eastern Time (16:00 GMT)
- Webinar: Medium to advanced concepts
- Cost: $130 bundled price (save $20 off the price of separate webinars)
- Level: Intermediate to advanced
- Length: Two lessons, one and one-half hours each
- Exam given: Yes
- Continuing Education Units (CEU) awarded: 0.3
Excel 2007 Part One, Introduction
DATE: July 13
By the end of this workshop you will understand, be able to discuss, and/or perform the following tasks as they relate to Excel 2007 from the keyboard with JAWS and MAGic:
- Create, open, and save workbooks
- Auto Sum
- Comments
- Go To dialog box
- Navigation in a worksheet
- Ranges
- Editing text
- Formulas (basics)
- Row and column headers
Excel 2007 Part Two
DATE: July 20
By the end of this workshop you will understand, be able to discuss, and/or perform the following tasks as they relate to Excel 2007 from the keyboard with JAWS and MAGic:
- Create a chart
- Move a chart
- Change chart types
- Insert hyperlinks for navigation within worksheet or workbook
- Create monitored cells (JAWS users)
- JAWS-specific Excel features
Using JAWS to Test Web Page and Document Accessibility
DATE: July 14 - 29 (individual lesson dates are listed below)
Learn to use JAWS for testing Web pages as well as PDF documents
"The JAWS Webinars are really helpful. I recommend them to anyone in Web design and maintenance. Web accessibility becomes much clearer once you understand how JAWS accesses pages."
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NOTE: This workshop assumes familiarity with JAWS reading commands and cursors. Before taking this workshop, participants should complete the free Webinar JAWS and MAGic Reading Commands and Cursors Used by JAWS.
- Time: 12:00 PM Eastern Time (16:00 GMT)
- Webinar: Medium to advanced concepts
- Cost: $300 USD
- Level: Intermediate to advanced
- Length: Six one-hour sessions, see dates below
- Exams given: Yes
- Continuing Education Units (CEU) awarded: 0.6
TIP: Did you know that if you miss a Webinar, a link to the archive of the Webinar will be sent to you if you register? That way, you can make up the Webinar at a later date. Would you like to join a series of Webinars already in progress? You can register at any time, review the archives for any lessons you missed, and join a series of Webinars already in progress.
Lesson One, Testing Web Page and Document Accessibility
Date: July 14
Learn about JAWS and the HTML dialog box, settings used by JAWS in Web pages and Web-based applications or PDF documents, including:
- Why JAWS skips past repeated text on Web pages
- How JAWS reads various HTML tags
- Text block length
- Why JAWS does not always appear to move when PAGE DOWN is pressed
- Why JAWS sometimes begins reading in the middle of a line when DOWN ARROW is pressed
- How JAWS uses the Virtual Buffer
- How JAWS treats graphics and graphical links differently
- The various options in the different pages of this dialog box
Lesson Two, Testing Web Page and Document Accessibility
Date: July 15
JAWS and Internet Explorer, part 1. Learn about navigation quick keys, the list of links, the list of headings, and PlaceMarkers. General navigation in Internet Explorer is discussed and demonstrated.
Lesson Three, Testing Web Page and Document Accessibility
Date: July 21
JAWS and Internet Explorer, part 2. Learn about tables, forms, JAWS auto forms mode, custom labels, and personalized settings for the Web in this lesson on using JAWS in Internet Explorer.
Lesson Four, Testing Web Page and Document Accessibility
Date: July 22
Discussion includes:
- Web Accessibility Initiatives (WAI) from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG) from the W3C
- Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
Lesson Five, Testing Web Page and Document Accessibility
Date: July 28
Learn the difference between accessibility and usability of Web pages and PDF documents. Includes discussion and demonstration of how to test pages of various types with JAWS. Demonstration of sample Web pages from a usability vs. accessibility standpoint. Demonstration of sample PDF documents that cause problems for screen reader users. Also learn about common HTML attributes used specifically by screen readers to help their users read and navigate on the Web.
Lesson Six, Testing Web Page and Document Accessibility
Date: July 29
Demonstration and discussion of how to test pages of various types with JAWS or MAGic. Test live Web pages submitted by participants and discuss options for improvements.
Archives of Paid Webinar Training
NEW for 2010! By popular request we are making archives of previously held paid webinar training available for purchase. The benefits of purchasing archived training include:
- Take the lessons any time 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- You don't have to wait for the next live class to begin.
- Contact the instructor with any questions by e-mail or phone.
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Choose any of the following links to purchase archives of paid training:
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- Outlook 2007 paid archive, $199
- Word 2007 paid archive, $199
- PowerPoint 2007 paid archive, $199
- Excel 2007 paid archive, $130
Archives of Free Webinar Training
Accessible Tables Part One: Tables in Word and Ranges in Excel, Archive
People who use tables in Microsoft Word or ranges in Microsoft Excel on a regular basis know how quickly one can get lost in the maze of rows and columns without the use of row and column titles. Learn to use the bookmark feature in Word and the naming function in Excel to create built-in column and row header names for a cell or a range of cells. JAWS looks for certain specific names to identify which cells contain row and column titles. If the titles are defined in this fashion, the information is stored right in the document rather than in a JAWS file and can be used to speak the title information to anyone using JAWS 6.1 or later. Furthermore, anyone can build these row and column names into a table or range without even having JAWS installed.
Learn some easily applied principles that increase the accessibility of documents you create. In addition, learn how users can more easily access information by knowing helpful features in their adaptive technology.
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Part two in a series on how to create accessible tables. In this webinar you will learn how to create accessible tables for HTML pages, and convert tables from Word documents or Web pages into accessible PDF. The final documents will have the information (attributes and tags) built-in for screen reader users. This enables them to read and gather information presented in tables without difficulty, and without making changes to any settings on their side.
Learn some easily applied principles that increase the accessibility of documents you create. In addition, learn how users can more easily access information by knowing helpful features in their adaptive technology.
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PDF Document Reading and Strategies with JAWS and MAGic, Archive
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Are you afraid of PDF (Portable Document Format) files? Would you like to know more about how to read them with JAWS and MAGic? If so, this Webinar is for you.
Learn how to read PDF documents and use different strategies to obtain a better idea of why some PDF documents do not read well, or may not read at all. Learn how to test a PDF document for accessibility. Learn how to determine if a PDF document is a scanned image and not text that can be read with a screen reader. Then learn what you can do to convert the PDF document so that it CAN be read. Learn how to interact with forms and form controls, tables, hyperlinks, and more, all in PDF documents of different types.
NOTE: This class assumes you have Adobe Reader version 9 installed. If you do not have it already installed, use the following link to download a copy of Adobe Reader and install it prior to taking this Webinar. Also, this Webinar includes practice exercises that you will open during the class. You should have JAWS or MAGic installed to use during the Webinar to get the fullest experience from your time spent in this training.
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Keyboard Manager, Basics of Scripting, Archive
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This is a core concept Webinar for anyone who is interested in learning how to customize the JAWS screen reader through the use of the powerful scripting language. What is the Keyboard manager in JAWS and how is it used?
You use the Keyboard Manager to control the assignment of keystrokes to JAWS screen reading activities. The Keyboard Manager stores keystroke assignments in key map files with the extension of JKM. There are two types of key map files:
- Default
- Application-specific
In this Webinar you will learn the difference between default and application specific key maps, how and when keystrokes are assigned to scripts, how to change, add, and delete keystroke assignments. You will also learn about the Keyboard Manager interface, script documentation, and more.
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What Are Scripts? Basics of Scripting, Archive
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This is a core concept Webinar for anyone who is interested in learning how to customize the JAWS screen reader through the use of the powerful scripting language. What are scripts? What are functions?
Every time you start JAWS, a group of default settings or configuration files is loaded. Included in this group of files is the default script file, default.jsb, which contains all of the functionality JAWS needs to access and speak information within the Windows operating system and Windows-based programs.
Each time you press a keystroke, JAWS performs a series of steps to determine if the keystroke is associated with a script, is a keystroke that activates an action within the program you are using, or does not do anything.
In this one hour Webinar, you will learn the definition of a script and function, the differences between scripts and functions, how JAWS processes scripts and functions and more.
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Script Manager, Basics of Scripting, Archive
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This is a core concept Webinar for anyone who is interested in learning how to customize the JAWS screen reader through the use of the powerful scripting language. What is the Script manager in JAWS and how is it used?
You use the Script manager to create new and modify existing scripts and user-defined functions. It is a full-featured text editor that provides built-in capabilities that you will not find in other text editors and word processors. In addition, the Script manager provides hot keys you can use to read through the scripts in your script file more efficiently.
After you have completed creating your new script or function, you save your script file just as you would when using another text editor or word processor. However the Script manager automatically performs an additional step not found in those applications. It compiles your script file. Compiling a script converts the file from text to machine-readable information. The Script manager saves the original text file with a JSS (JAWS Script Source) file extension, and the compiled or binary version (machine-readable language) is saved with a JSB (JAWS Script Binary) file extension.
In this one and one-half hour Webinar, you will learn the file types used by the Script manager, the commands used to navigate through existing script files and how to view the documentation for existing scripts and user-defined functions. You will also learn how to create new scripts using the New Script dialog box, how to insert functions into scripts, check for errors that violate the rules of correct script writing, save and compile your script files, and more.
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Using the Keyboard with T&T Technology: J-Tools and J-Tunes, Archive
Guest presenter: Brian Hartgen, United Kingdom
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This Webinar is for anyone who is interested in learning more about products from T&T Consultancy entirely written using the JAWS scripting language. J-Tools is for people who wish to carry out everyday computing tasks with greater efficiency. If you are a Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Twitter user, you are sure to find something of value in J-Tools version 2.0. J-Tunes, on the other hand, links JAWS together with the iTunes® music management software.
In this Webinar, find out about these amazing products only available for the JAWS screen-reader. In addition, at the end of the Webinar, we point you in the direction of some free scripts available for other applications.
This Webinar is ideal for both JAWS users and Trainers of Access Technology.
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Glen Gordon's May 26, 2009 Webinar on ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications), Archive
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Glen Gordon from Freedom Scientific gave a free Webinar on ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications), hosted by EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information).
Webinar description: What is ARIA and why is it important? Why is ARIA necessary? What challenges do ARIA and Web 2.0 sites present to screen reader developers and users? Listen to the archive of this Webinar to hear Glen Gordon describe how Freedom Scientific is preparing JAWS for this new wave of the future. Learn about ARIA features and how JAWS users will interact with these dynamic Web-based applications.
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