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Saturday Seminars

VRCBVI offers approximately twenty Saturday classes a year on various technology related topics. Appropriate participants are adults with visual impairments and technology service providers. The following classes have been scheduled but will only be offered if a sufficient number of people sign up for the course. For detailed description of the classes, follow the class links. For further information about these classes and to register, click here.

Saturday Seminars: March 8, 2008 | April 12, 2008

March 8, 2008

• JAWS For Windows with Microsoft Word 2007
• ZoomText 9 for Vista with Microsoft Word 2007
• PAC Mate

JAWS For Windows with Microsoft Word 2007

On Saturday, March 8, 2008 the Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired will offer training in JAWS with Microsoft Word. The class will meet from 9:00 to 3:00 in the VRCBVI Activities and Administration Building.

This seminar is designed for new JAWS users interested in learning to use Microsoft Office Word 2007.

Seminar Costs: $25.00 (includes lunch and refreshments).
Registration Deadline: February 29, 2008

JAWS skills will include:

• JAWS Speech Adjustments: volume, rate, person, pitch, punctuation
• Typing Echo: character, word, both, none
• Reading: character, word, line, document
• Spell current word
• Reading Title Bar
• Reading Status Bar
• Defining, recognizing, and routing JAWS and PC cursors
  

Microsoft Word skills will include:

• Starting MS Word
• Opening an existing file
• Exploring cursor movements
• Editing a document
• Delete, Backspace, Select Text, Spell Check, Find, Replace
• Creating a document
• Margins, Alignment (right, left, center, full), Formatting Text (bold, italics,
  underline), Line Spacing, Selecting Text (cut, copy, paste), and Envelopes
• Save As versus Save
• Printing a document
• Closing a file
• Closing program
  

For further information and to register for this class contact:
Carol D. Koger
VRCBVI
401 Azalea Avenue
Richmond, VA 23227
(804) 371-3326
carol.koger@dbvi.virginia.gov

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ZoomText 9 for Vista with Microsoft Word 2007

On Saturday, March 8, 2008, the Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired will offer training in ZoomText with Microsoft Word. The class will meet from 9:00 to 3:00 in the VRCBVI Activities and Administration Building. This seminar is designed for new ZoomText users who have prior experience with word processing in a Windows environment.

Seminar Costs: $25.00 (includes lunch and refreshments).
Registration Deadline: February 29, 2008

ZoomText 9 skills will include:

• Activating / Deactivating the program
• User Interface
• DocReader
• App Reader
• Zoom Windows
• Key Commands
  

Microsoft Word skills will include:

• Starting MS Word
• Opening an existing file
• Exploring cursor movements
• Editing a document
• Delete, Backspace, Select Text, Spell Check, Find, Replace
• Creating a document
• Margins, Alignment (right, left, center, full), Formatting Text (bold, italics,
  underline), Line Spacing, Selecting Text (cut, copy, paste), and Envelopes
• Save As versus Save
• Printing a document
• Closing a file
• Closing program
  

For further information and to register for this class contact:
Carol D. Koger
VRCBVI
401 Azalea Avenue
Richmond, VA 23227
(804) 371-3326
carol.koger@dbvi.virginia.gov

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PAC Mate

The Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired and Freedom Scientific will offer PAC Mate training on Saturday, March 8, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the VRCBVI Activities and Administration Building.

Prerequisites: Proficiency in Grade 1 Braille and keyboarding using either six-key Braille entry or qwerty keyboard
Seminar Costs: $25.00 (includes lunch and refreshments)
Registration Deadline: February 29, 2008

Level I – Beginner skills will include:

• Moving through menus and opening menu items
• Getting help
• Setting voice commands
• Setting keyboard and reading commands
• Accessing the manual
• Creating new files in FS Edit
• Opening existing files in FS Edit
• Using reading commands in FS Edit
• Using editing commands in FS Edit
• Formatting text in FS Edit
• Saving files in FS Edit
• Using the spell checker in FS Edit
• Printing FS Edit files
• Calculating using FS Calc
• Setting and reading time and date
• Entering appointments in the calendar
• Retrieving appointments from the calendar
• Entering personal data in the address book
• Retrieving personal data from the address book

Level II – A demonstration of skills may be offered, depending on registrant skills. Level II skills would include:

• Creating files in Pocket Word
• Opening existing files in Pocket Word
• Editing files in Pocket Word
• Saving files in Pocket Word
• Using the spell checker in Pocket Word
• Cutting, copying, and pasting text in Pocket Word
• Deleting and renaming files
• Printing Pocket Word files
• Making folders
• Copying and moving files to specific folders
• Copying and moving files to specific drives
• Saving files in specific formats
• Saving files in specific folders
• Saving files to specific drives
• Using the standard calculator
• Using email
• Using the Internet

For further information and to register for this class contact:
Carol D. Koger
VRCBVI
401 Azalea Avenue
Richmond, VA 23227
(804) 371-3326
carol.koger@dbvi.virginia.gov

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April 12, 2008

• Kurzweil 1000 Scanner
• Arkenstone Openbook Scanner
• Braillenote BT & Voicenote BT
• JAWS for Windows 9 with Microsoft Windows Vista

Kurzweil 1000 Scanner

On Saturday, April 12, 2008 the Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired will offer training in scanning via voice with the Kurzweil 1000 10.6.  Depending on enrollment, sessions may be scheduled for 9:00 -11:30 or 12:30 - 3:00.

Prerequisites:  Good keyboarding skills, understanding of the Windows environment, and basic JAWS or Window Eyes skills

Seminar Costs:  $20.00 (includes lunch and refreshments)

Registration Deadline:     March 28, 2008

Topics will include:

• Starting the Kurzweil 1000 program
• The Keypad key functions
• Keypad Levels – Reading Level
• Keypad Levels – File Management Level
• Keypad Levels – Settings Level
• Scanning Documents
• Deleting Documents
• Saving Documents
• Editing Documents
• Converting Documents
• Printing Documents
• Using the Help Files
• Closing the Kurzweil 1000 program

For further information and to register for this class contact:
Carol D. Koger
VRCBVI
401 Azalea Avenue
Richmond, VA 23227
(804) 371-3326
carol.koger@dbvi.virginia.gov

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Arkenstone Openbook Scanner

On Saturday, April 12, 2008 the Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired will offer training in scanning via voice with the Arkenstone OpenBook 7.2. Depending on enrollment, sessions may be scheduled for 9:00-11:30 or 12:30-3:00. 

Prerequisites:  Good keyboarding skills, understanding of the Windows environment, and basic JAWS or Window Eyes skills.

Seminar Costs:  $20.00

Registration Deadline:     March 28, 2008

Topics will include:

• Scan and read a document
• Save or delete a document
• Work in the Openbook Library
• Convert a document
• Delete a file
• Delete a category
• Create a new category
• Edit documents
• Use the Help files
• Use the Scanning Option
• Change settings, change columns, change boundaries
• Use Scanning Mode
• Scan and read, read in background, scan large batch

For further information and to register for this class contact:
Carol D. Koger
VRCBVI
401 Azalea Avenue
Richmond, VA 23227
(804) 371-3326
carol.koger@dbvi.virginia.gov

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Braillenote BT & Voicenote BT

On Saturday, April 12, 2008 the Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired and Integration Technologies Group, Inc. will offer Beginner Level BrailleNote and VoiceNote training.  Instruction will be provided from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the VRCBVI Activities and Administration Building.

Prerequisite: Proficiency in Grade 1 Braille
Seminar Costs: $25.00 (includes lunch and refreshments)
Registration Deadline: March 28, 2008

Level I   –   Beginner skills will include:

• Time, Date
• Set voice commands
• Electronic User Manual
• Open new or existing file commands
• Write file commands
• Read file commands
• Edit commands
• Print commands
• Basic calculator commands
• Braille display thumb key commands
• Braille display options

Level II   –   A demonstration of intermediate skills may be provided depending on registrant skills and interests.  Level II skills would include:

• Format commands
• File manager menu options
• Address Book
• Book Reader
• Planner
• File menu commands
• Using a visual display
• Move text and merge files
• Copy files
• Macro file
• Spell checker file
• Disk drive commands
• Scientific calculator functions

For further information and to register for this class contact:
Carol D. Koger
VRCBVI
401 Azalea Avenue
Richmond, VA 23227
(804) 371-3326
carol.koger@dbvi.virginia.gov

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JAWS for Windows 9 with Microsoft Windows Vista

On Saturday, April 12, 2008 the Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired and Freedom Scientific will offer training in JAWS with Windows Vista.  The class will meet from 9:00 to 3:00 in the VRCBVI Activities and Administration Building.

This seminar is designed for experienced JAWS users who have or are interested in moving to the Windows Vista Operating System.

Seminar Costs: $25.00 (includes lunch and refreshments).

Registration Deadline:  March 28, 2008
             
Topics will include:

• Differences between Windows Vista and prior versions of Windows
• What UAC is and how to disable it to increase access
• Accessing the new Windows Sidebar and Gadgets
• Using the new Vista multi channel volume control
• Launching programs from the redesigned Start menu
• Using Instant Search
• File management with Windows Explorer

For further information and to register for this class contact:
Carol D. Koger
VRCBVI
401 Azalea Avenue
Richmond, VA 23227
(804) 371-3326
carol.koger@dbvi.virginia.gov

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