JFW Resources

by Sharon Nichols

Basic training from Freedom Scientific for JFW, in text form.
http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/training_basic.asp

Basic training from Freedom Scientific for JFW, in MP3 format.
http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/training_basic.asp#files

JFW Listserv. You have to join, but you can just check website for info instead of receiving emails.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jfwlist/

Excellent information from Microsoft.
http://microsoft.com/enable/

National Library resource for braille available on the web.
http://lcweb.loc.gov/nls/reference/factsheets/webbraille.html

Texas State Library.
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/texshare/pl/

The Super CD from National Braille Press contains the complete text in ASCII format of over 600 books "all the books from NBP" American Literature and Children's Book CDs, plus the 2000 CIA World Fact Book, The Complete Works of Shakespeare and The King James Bible, for $39. For a complete Table of Contents, go to http://www.nbp.org/superconts.html. To order, call NBP at (800) 548-7323 or visit http://www.nbp.org/.

The full texts of many of the literature pieces used in school can be found at: http://www.classicreader.com/read.php/sid.6/bookid.1317/. These public domain files can be downloaded and translated into braille or large print for student use. (Thanks to Alida Ryerson for this tip!)

Excellent newsletter for those working with AT for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Other resouces too!
http://www.wyfiwyg.com/