RE: what is best way to learn JAWS and the pc as a total newbie?
- From: Alex Midence <alex.midence@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 11:58:23 -0600
I'll tell you what I did and you can see if you can extrapolate anything
from it for your situation.
I did a lot of experimenting and I read lots and lots of help files. I
listened to manuals on tape and read users manuals in Braille when they were
available. One of the biggest helps to me though was having an actual JAWS
trainer. My city has a service, (had back then anyway) that specializes in
teaching adaptive technology. You may have one too in yours or close enough
to you for a day or two a week. I did this and got it paid for through the
state because I didn't have a job at the time. Make friends with computer
savvy (polite word for geeks like yours truly) people and get them talking
to you and among each other. Set brain for maximum absorbtion and just let
'em talk. And don't be afraid to just get your hands on the thing and mess
around with it. Crashes and slain pc's build character. Once your fists
recover from the desk pounding, once your throat feels all scratchy after
all that swearing and yelling, and once you finally get to bed after
unsnarling a snafu or two, you'll have learned a lot. It is said that
Edison messed up 99 times before he landed on the proper way to make a
lightbulb. Said he figured he learned 99 ways to do it wrong. Same thing
with a PC.
Have fun,
Alex
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Of Chris Smart
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 9:52 AM
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Subject: RE: what is best way to learn JAWS and the pc as a total newbie?
I've never checked out the basic training material, but I gather it
assumes you are new to computers and Jaws.
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