Ann: Interesting, I should ask if there are any "criteria" that the teachers for the blind have that determines if the student needs jaws training. Take care. -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ann Byrne Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 4:53 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: jfw for the blind or visually impaired >Where I teach, we recommend JAWS to people who need 5x magnification >or greater in order to read the screen. >Hello: > >I wanted to post this here seeing as this mailing list gets lots of traffick. > >My question is concerning the use of jaws and is the "screen" reader >mainly used for completely blind individuals or partially sighted individuals? > >I am not a teacher for the blind, so it is interesting to me when a >person is told due to his or her "lack of vision" jaws will be >reccomended. So, the question raised here is where would a persons >vision need to be at in order to use jaws? If someone can read 20 >point font or higher would jaws be necessary? > >Any feedback would be appreciated. > >Take care. > > -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx