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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 […]

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VetTech demonstrates and reviews the VA Health and Benefits iOS app with VoiceOver

In this VetTech tutorial, Tim, BVA Director of Special Initiatives and CATIS, demonstrates the features available in the VA Health and Benefits iOS app with VoiceOver. The VA health and Benefits app makes accessing crucial Veteran information and services a breeze thanks to the very accessible and intuitive interface. Veterans will be able to: Check the status of active and closed claims; review the decision made on a closed claim; Review upcoming and pst medical […]

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VetTech spotlights OrCam’s customer and support resources during the 12/7 Weekly Wednesday Webinar

This recording from the December 7, 2022 VetTech Weekly Wednesday Webinar series featured Josh Rivera, OrCam’s Florida regional sales manager. Josh discussed resources and options to fully harness OrCam’s capabilities. This compliments VetTech’s previous presentations about OrCam’s award-Winning AI technology, by learning about their equally powerful customer and support resources. In this webinar, participants will learn about: How to contact OrCam’s customer support; Where to find guides for OrCam’s Read and MyEye Pro; and Common […]

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VetTech spotlights Eschenbach Optik of America’s extensive line of innovative and high-quality magnification and vision enhancing devices on 11/30 Weekly Wednesday Webinars

This recording from the November 30, 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 Spectacle magnifiers Lamp magnifiers Telescopic vision aids All […]

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Fusion, JAWS, ZoomText Updates Will Highlight November 9 VetTech

Are you interested in learning about recent updates to computer software that assist blind and low-vision users? Or do you have a question about screen readers or other software you have used to read or produce written material? If so, the upcoming BVA VetTech session is meant for you! BVA is pleased to again announce our VetTech program recently inaugurated last month.  VetTech offers participants the opportunity to learn about the latest in AT available […]

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Upcoming VetTech Session to Highlight MyEye Pro

If you are interested in learning more about the latest trends in Assistive Technology, or if you have a question about a device you have received from the Department of Veterans Affairs Blind Rehabilitation Service, BVA’s VetTech sessions are meant for you! BVA is pleased to again announce our VetTech program recently inaugurated in early October.  The program offers participants the opportunity to learn about the latest in AT available from developers and manufacturers themselves, […]