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VetTech live Q&A with Humanware about the Stream 3 during the 2-8 Weekly Wednesday Webinar

VetTech dives deeper into learning more about Humanware’s Stream 3 during the February 8 Weekly Wednesday Webinar. Peter Tucic, Director of Strategic Partnerships, and Mathieu Paquette, Product Manager, discussed the following topics during our live question and answer segment: Windows and MacOS compatibility for transferring files; OoTunes compatibility; Demonstration of the menu structure on the Stream 3; TTS options; Details of the Stream 3 price, $550; Details about the internal battery and 30 second press […]

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VetTech spotlights Humanware’s upcoming Victor Reader Stream 3 during the 2-8 Weekly Wednesday Webinar

Are you ready to learn about the latest and greatest in assistive technology? Listen along during  this Blinded Veterans Association’s VetTech episode as we welcome Peter Tucic, Director of Strategic Partnerships, and Mathieu Paquette, Product Manager, from HumanWare for an early look at the new Victor Reader Stream 3, during the February 8, 2023 Weekly Wednesday Webinar. You’ll discover how the Stream 3 will revolutionize the way you access NLS BARD, BookShare, podcasts, NFB Newsline, […]

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VetTech spotlights Freedom Scientific’s Quick Navigation in JAWS and Fusion during the 2-1 Weekly Wednesday Webinar

BVA’s VetTech welcomed Ron Miller, Vispero’s Blindness Technology Specialist, during our February 1, Weekly Wednesday Webinar. Ron provided an overview and demonstration of JAWS and Fusion Quick Navigation features for web navigation. Listening  to this episode, you will learn: Using JAWS key plus Z to toggle virtual cursor for quick navigation; Using H and the number row, i.e. 1, 2, 3, etc…, to navigate by headings and heading level; Using L to navigate through lists; Using […]

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VetTech spotlights Freedom Scientific Surfs Up and web navigation tips during the 2-1 Weekly Wednesday Webinar

BVA’s VetTech welcomed Liz Whitaker, Vispero’s Product Manager, User Education and Outreach, during our February 1, Weekly Wednesday Webinar. Liz provided several tips and tricks to enhance the efficiency which FUSION and JAWS users navigate the web while highlighting Freedom Scientific’s Surfs Up training series. Listening  to this episode, you will learn: About Freedom Scientific’s Surfs Up; Using Control F and F3 for the virtual find; JAWS Key plus F3 for virtual HTML features; and […]

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VetTech spotlights Eschenbach Optik’s lighting and task lighting solutions during the 1-25-23 Weekly Wednesday Webinar

This Blinded Veterans Association’s VetTech episode proudly welcomes  Kenneth Bradley, President of Eschenbach Optik of America, during our January 25th Weekly Wednesday Webinar. During this session, Mr. Bradley described the background of lighting related to visual tasks and Eschenbach Optik’s options for task lighting solutions. By listening to this session you will learn: Components of lighting; How lighting is measured; Available lighting options; What is task lighting; Task lighting options; and What to consider when […]

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VetTech spotlights how the JAWS FS Clipboard makes copying and pasting a breeze during the 1-12-23 Weekly Wednesday Webinar

This Blinded Veterans Association’s VetTech episode features Liz Whitaker, Vispero’s Product Manager, User Education and Outreach, during our January 12th Weekly Wednesday Webinar. This special segment describes and demonstrates the FS Clipboard. By listen to this session you will learn: what is the FS Clipboard; How to use the FS Clipboard by pressing JAWS Key, Windows Key, plus C; and How to paste text in a document. All VetTech sessions are open to everyone—blinded and […]

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VetTech spotlights how Vispero’s Fusion and JAWS simplifies web navigation with place markers during the 1-12-23 Weekly Wednesday Webinar

This Blinded Veterans Association’s VetTech episode features Liz Whitaker, Vispero’s Product Manager, User Education and Outreach, during our January 12th Weekly Wednesday Webinars. This session describes how to: What are permanent and temporary place markers; How to use place markers for navigation on website, Word, and Excel; Copy and pasting of text All VetTech sessions are open to everyone—blinded and low vision veterans, family members, caregivers, blind rehabilitation specialists and all other parties interested in […]

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VetTech spotlights OrCam’s product learning capabilities during the 1-5-23 Weekly Wednesday Webinar

This recording supplements the January 5, 2023 VetTech Weekly Wednesday Webinars featuring Josh Rivera, OrCam’s regional sales representative. Josh describes and demonstrates the OrCam’s MyEye Pro’s abilities to identify and label products. This episode features: OrCam’s Product Learning features; OrCam’s barcode learning features; and tips for identifying products with OrCam. All VetTech sessions are open to everyone—blinded and low vision veterans, family members, caregivers, blind rehabilitation specialists and all other parties interested in the assistive, […]

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VetTech spotlights Eschenbach Optik of America’s extensive line of innovative and high-quality magnification and vision enhancing devices during the 12-21-22 Weekly Wednesday Webinar

This recording from the December 21, 2022 VetTech Weekly Wednesday Webinars features Timothy Gels, the Director of Marketing at Eschenbach. The presentation provides an overview of Eschenbach Optik award-winning array of optical and electronic vision aids that can help those with vision loss improve their independence, productivity and quality of life. In this webinar, participants will learn about key Eschenbach devices in these product categories: Video magnifiers lighting solutions; and vision aids. All VetTech sessions […]

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VetTech spotlights Vispero’s Layered Commands in Fusion and JAWS during the 12/14 Weekly Wednesday Webinar

This recording from the December 14, 2022 VetTech Weekly Wednesday Webinar series featured Liz Whitaker, Vispero’s Product Manager, User Education and Outreach, to discuss layered commands in Fusion and JAWS. Layered commands brings many features and tools with a couple of simple keystrokes. In this webinar, participants will learn about the following layered commands: Insert, Spacebar plus “?”, brings up layered commands help Insert, Spacebar plus “O”, top layer for OCR functions; Insert, Spacebar plus […]