1. Lina Kolker
Touro College
EdSE 650 OQ
Professor Yvette Colon
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY:
JAWS for Windows Screen Reader

2. WHAT IS JAWS?
JAWS for Windows is an assistive technology
device that reads information on a computer
screen using synthesized speech

3. BENEFITS FOR STUDENTS
JAWS makes it possible for students who are blind
not only to receive information from the screen but
also interact with and work in a computer
environment.
Easy to use keystroke commands for:
using programs
editing documents
reading Web pages

4. BENEFITS FOR STUDENTS
For students who are both blind and deaf,
JAWS provides an output in Braille.
Compatibility with refreshable Braille displays
allows for Braille output in addition to, or
instead of, speech

5. BENEFITS FOR STUDENTS
The new Convenient OCR (Optical Character
Recognition) feature enables the user to interact
with any image on the screen that includes text.
Examples:
PDF files
set up screens for applications
DVD menu selection screen

6. JAWS IN ACTION

7. JAWS IS COMPATIBLE WITH…
Lotus Symphony
Suite of IBM® tools
word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation creation
Lotus Notes® by IBM
Microsoft® Office Suite
MSN Messenger®
Corel® WordPerfect
Adobe® Acrobat Reader
Internet Explorer™
Firefox™

8. COMPANY INFORMATION
JAWS for Windows is manufactured by
Freedom Scientific company
URL: http://www.freedomscientific.com/