A few thoughts about this subject which may or may not help. First off I interviewed for a job back in the dinosaur age...1971.  We didn't have laptops then, but I did have a small micro cassette

Hi Rod, I do focus on my qualifications. I am also just trying to be as prepared as possible. It is helpful to hear others’ perspectives on this, for that reason. At my last company, I was a

Is there a way of accessing the reminders screen in Outlook on the computer? It keeps reminding me about events that have already taken place but I can’t find a way of deleting the event when using

If you use Shift plus F6 to go to the tree view, you can use the context menu to rename a folder. Marie

Mike, I can't tell why you're wondering if you should take a laptop to an interview. What kind of job are you seeking? Is there something about it that suggests the need for a laptop? Several

Be careful about asking about accommodations in an interview if all that is required is that you answer questions. You only get accommodations if necessary during the interview process, or when you

I make a habit of carrying my technology in a bookbag in any job situation, including interviews. Just in case. Not because I plan to pull at my laptop or iPhone and show them anything, but because

Hi. Here's something I was told about being interviewed. If a company asks for an interview, they're interested in you. What you should focus on is to prove them right. Let them know you're just what

Hi. If a possible employer offers an accessible computer, be prepared to use Narrator for what you'll be doing. It's a screen reader, and that's all they're required to provide. Also, some jobs are

Robin, Your preferred method makes sense. I think referring to the speech history is the same number of steps as a Shift + F10 clipboard then A method. ALT + D also moves the keyboard focus, which

Mike: I understand your concerns but I would advise you to focus on your qualifications for the job irrespective of your blindness. You cannot control how anyone will act once they find out that you

In that case, I would just have a laptop in my bag just in case though it is the responsibility of the employer to ensure that interviews are accessible. Great employers would ask you upfront -- do

This varies from country to country, and specifically from company to company. For interview, not all of them need a laptop unless you have to answer certain test.

I am using JAWS 2021 latest with the classic scheme. It happen in some of the text messages I got when using WhatsApp web.

No, I am using the default classic scheme. But specifically for the line of text I pasted, JAWS keeps saying “bold” and “sand sarraf”, and it read by letters instead of word. Those text may

Hi Pam, This is very helpful. How did your employer for the database administrator position react, when you told them you were blind? How do you know when you should disclose your blindness? What

Mike, It was for a database administrator job, so they asked a lot of technical questions. They had already done a preliminary interview by phone, and flew me out to where they were located, so I

Hi Rod, Technical interviews may require coding exercises. I am not sure how people who can see do those. At my prior programming job, it was just a phone interview. Pam, what did they do at your

Why would you need to bring a laptop to the interview? Employers are required to provide reasonable accommodations at all stages in the employment process. Do you have specific

Hi all, I’m delighted to announce that JAWS works with Windows 11 Insider Preview (build 22000). At the moment JAWS supports new Start menu, Notification Center (Windows+N), Control Center