why are so many people think that the colledge degree is the only answer? Teaching in Africa does not sound like a good idea at all. I am from Europe and I lived for many years in Canada and I also traveled to Thailand, the cultural shock may be extremely great. For instance in Thailand forget the trafic lights the chaos is the answer there. Zdenek ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Arnowitt" <foodsong@xxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 11:48 PM Subject: Re: another jaws and job question > Hi Jamie, > > The now retired road crews dispatcher here in Vermont was totally > blind. His name is Ray Burke and he was quite a character, appearing > on the radio every day in the morning as the "Roads Scholar" to tell > people which highways around the state were having road construction > that day. (Of course, his main job was communicating with the > construction crews from a central dispatching office.) He and his > wife are also dairy farmers, and he also plays amateur saxophone in a > group Ray and the Hit-Kickers. (Hope Jaws read that last bit to you cleanly.) > > However, I doubt Ray kept track of road crews dispatching jobs with a > computer. I think I heard he had a fantastic memory, and possibly he > used Braille to deal with the rest. A 911 situation would obviously > require more technology, but I would think there would be lots of > dispatching jobs such as for public transportation systems of various > kinds, where Jaws would do just fine. > > If you are in the USA, the Americans with Disabilities Act may come > into play to support you if you have a need to use adaptive > technology or adjust your working conditions to do a job. I don't > know all the ins and outs of it but basically the gist of it as I > understand it is that you can ask for small accommodations and they > can't turn you down, but when they start getting more major (working > from home might fall in that category), they can refuse. The ADA also > has a special section that applies to educational institutions such > as colleges. > > Best, > Michael > > > -- > 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$U«zVyÙb?K hh?êZ?èm¶?ÿà > ç?¢k?éí?ø?r?¿IÊâ¦Ø§?f¢?)à?+-?Ûiÿùb²Û-?èÝ?Ê&þX¬¶)ß¡È"þÇ+??h?¶©?+az7ar??bâ²Ø§²Úîrب?Äè¦?-jg¬±¨¶?azX¬¶Ç§v+m¢7ð~·??+-²?àN?§²æìr¸?yúè?Øb²f¢?)à?+-±éÝjg¬±¨¶?ß·ª¹ë-~·??+-²?àÂ+a¶°¢·n?Ë?±Êâm觶¬¹¸ÞrÙb?à+r¯zÉhq«^u«a¶Úÿ > 0~·??+-²?àýªÜ?+Þ³øßÀ > mz¹Ú¶+Þj·!?÷¬??µçZ¶m§ÿçÚv?nW?¢oÉd?¢µ¢?Ú0±ýµã?»öf??ò¢èZ½æ§ÉÊ'qê籦èºÛazX¬¶?,¶·?z+Þuúè?Ø^?+-¢»a{²¶¥?Ëb±·¢? î?Ú'¢Úh²Ûazkh¶¥?ËQjØ^Ê'µ§-¶¥?ËhÂw«jØßÁ§f?{ç¥?Ël¢¸