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Creating and delivering presentations using JAWS

Creating and delivering presentations using JAWS with Darren Paskell from TPT!

Creating and delivering presentations using JAWS

In this video, Darren Paskell, Thomas Pocklington Trust Technology Information Champion, demonstrates how he creates and delivers presentations using screen reading software JAWS.

Accessible technology in the workplace has come a long way over the last few years allowing blind and partially sighted employees to perform roles as well as their fully sighted counterparts.

In this, the second of five videos for TPT’s campaign #BlindAndAble, our own Technology Information Champion, Darren Paskell demonstrates how he creates and delivers presentations using screen reading software JAWS.

This series of videos is part of Blindness Awareness Month 2020.

Thanks to Nathan Churchill of Higher Aspect Media who filmed and produced these videos. For more information and examples of Nathan’s work please visit https://higheraspectmedia.com

 

 

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Creating and delivering presentations using JAWS

Creating and delivering presentations using JAWS with Darren Paskell from TPT!

Creating and delivering presentations using JAWS

In this video, Darren Paskell, Thomas Pocklington Trust Technology Information Champion, demonstrates how he creates and delivers presentations using screen reading software JAWS.

Accessible technology in the workplace has come a long way over the last few years allowing blind and partially sighted employees to perform roles as well as their fully sighted counterparts.

In this, the second of five videos for TPT’s campaign #BlindAndAble, our own Technology Information Champion, Darren Paskell demonstrates how he creates and delivers presentations using screen reading software JAWS.

This series of videos is part of Blindness Awareness Month 2020.

Thanks to Nathan Churchill of Higher Aspect Media who filmed and produced these videos. For more information and examples of Nathan’s work please visit https://higheraspectmedia.com

 

 

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Game-Changing Code Jumper Tool!

Game-Changing Code Jumper Tool

From left, Daniel and Rico were part of a group of students at New College Worcester in Worcester, UK, who participated in a beta test of the technology behind Code Jumper. Photo by Jonathan Banks.

Game-changing” educational coding tool launched by the RNIB

The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has launched an educational tool to help primary school children with vision impairment learn how to code.

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Acesight: Wearable Video Magnifier

Acesight Wearable Video Magnifier

Acesight: Wearable Video Magnifier

Acesight is electronic glasses that enable people with severe low vision to regain their visual independence.  Even with severe eye conditions, a user is empowered with more possibility when they wear Acesight.

Macular Degeneration,  Retinitis Pigmentosa, Diabetic Retinopathy, Glaucoma, Stargardt’s Disease, Cataracts. 

FAQ Link: https://www.acesight.com/faq/     

Website: www.acesight.com 

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Tech can add fun to education!

Tech can add fun to education - ObjectiveEd

Fostering independence in students with visual impairments

BY CHARLES F. D. WARREN

Educators can leverage sophisticated advancements in technology to help students with visual impairments develop new skills

Technological innovation provides students with visual impairments new tools to support independent living. The significant rise in the sophistication and popularity of smartphones and tablets creates opportunities to enhance learning and increase access.

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