Freedom Scientific FSCast

The official podcast of Freedom Scientific, leaders in assistive technology for blind people and those with low vision. Hosted by Glen Gordon, FSCast features news, interviews, and product demonstrations relating to Freedom Scientific products such as JAWS and ZoomText. FSCast is a great way to make the most of the products you have as well as learning about what's new and what's around the corner.

FSCast #258: Product News and Updates; A Quick Look at a Talking Kiosk; and a Visit with Nolan Crabb
May 28, 2025 – 49:31
FSCast #257. Taming JAWS On the Web, an introduction to Innosearch, and more stories and memories from Ted Henter
Apr 30, 2025 – 50:30
FSCast #256. CSUN 2025 impressions, and a visit with Ted Henter
Mar 26, 2025 – 49:51
FSCast #255. Talking Web Accessibility And Usability, And a Story Of a Young Blind Entrepreneur
Feb 26, 2025 – 56:37
FSCast #254. Celebrating Braille, attending a Zoom meeting and enjoying subtitles on YouTube
Jan 29, 2025 – 50:06
FSCast #253. Product updates, trainer tips from the pro, and TPGI partnership with AIRA
Dec 23, 2024 – 53:55
FSCast #252: The Next Big Thing 2024 Final
Dec 5, 2024 – 42:52
FSCast #251. Highlights of FSOpenLine For November 2024
Nov 27, 2024 – 01:01:48
FSCast #250. On Sports, Paralympics And Access Technology
Oct 30, 2024 – 55:42
FSCast 249. Product updates, private Betas and a visit with Eric Damery
Sep 25, 2024 – 48:52
FSCast 248, Back to School: Prizes, Math And More
Aug 28, 2024 – 56:31
FSCast 247, An Interview With Oleg Shevkun, and Mohammed Laachir Discusses Our New AI Features
Jul 31, 2024 – 52:44
FSCast246, a visit with Dr. Tim Cordes, plus Crystal Jones talks about Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk
Jun 26, 2024 – 01:01:34
FSCast 245, a demo of PictureSmart chat, all about NLS, and a visit with Gordon Legge
May 29, 2024 – 01:02:32
FSCast 244, a visit with Ana González Arean, plus Nicky Gillies and Cathy Miller from the Louisiana DeafBlind project
Apr 24, 2024 – 52:17
FSCast 243, archive of the March 2024 FSOpenLine
Apr 10, 2024 – 47:57
FSCast 242, a demo of PictureSmart AI, and a visit with Anil Lewis
Mar 27, 2024 – 46:49
FSCast 241, all about accessible gaming
Feb 28, 2024 – 46:21
FSCast 240, a visit with Doug Geoffray, and a demo of the Bitwarden password manager
Jan 31, 2024 – 01:01:42
FSCast 239, archive of the November 2023 FSOpenLine
Dec 27, 2023 – 54:25
FSCast 238, archive of the Next Big Thing finale
Nov 29, 2023 – 57:02
FSCast 237, a visit with Pete Torpey, plus all about Space Camp for Interested Visually Impaired Students
Oct 26, 2023 – 01:00:46
FSCast 236, a visit with Catherine Getchell, plus a focus on APH Career Connect
Sep 27, 2023 – 48:20
FSCast 235, archive of the August 2023 FSOpenLine
Sep 13, 2023 – 51:29
FSCast 234, a Demo of JAWS Face In View, and an interview with Billy Henry of the Northwest Association for Blind Athletes
Aug 30, 2023 – 32:12
FSCast 233, Andrew Leland's new book "The Country of the Blind," plus accessible manufacturing at The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc.
Jul 26, 2023 – 59:07
FSCast 232, a demo of the new Message Center, and a visit with JAWS developer Brett Lewis
Jun 28, 2023 – 45:45
FSCast 231, archive of the May 2023 FSOpenLine
Jun 22, 2023 – 48:48
FSCast 230, Major Scotty Smiley discusses his life, and Dr. Michele McDonnall with results of the AT In The Workplace study
May 31, 2023 – 57:35
FSCast 229,An Interview with Mandy Van Cleave, an overview of Text Viewer, and how to write compelling bug reports
Apr 26, 2023 – 46:17
FSCast 228, An Interview with Donovan Tildesley, and an overview of using Visual Studio Code
Mar 29, 2023 – 57:08
FSCast 227, archive of the February 2023 FSOpenLine
Mar 14, 2023 – 47:26
FSCast 226, Software developer Andre Polykanine, plus Sasha Hordiiko & Igor Kushnir from the Ukrainian Association of the Blind
Feb 22, 2023 – 43:19
FSCast 225, Bill McCann of Dancing Dots, & Campbell Rutherford, a former Student Of The Month
Jan 25, 2023 – 54:17
FSCast 224, archive of the November 2022 FSOpenLine
Dec 14, 2022 – 43:36
FSCast 223, Kim Charlson & Thomas Reid discuss the 2022 Audio Description Awards
Nov 30, 2022 – 50:15
FSCast 222, A demo of how to customize notifications using regular expressions, and Leona Godin discusses her book There Plant Eyes
Oct 26, 2022 – 56:37
FSCast 221, Christine Ha talks about her career as a blind chef, and Judy Dixon discusses her book "Formatting Documents For Appearance"
Sep 28, 2022 – 58:02
FSCast 220, Archive of the August 2022 FSOpenLine
Sep 14, 2022 – 47:32
FSCast 219, Ryan Jones previews our 2023 software public betas, and we meet Svetlana, Freedom Scientific’s July Student Of The Month
Aug 31, 2022 – 55:30
FSCast 218, Eric Damery shares stories about his 28 year career advocating for our software
Jul 27, 2022 – 51:41
FSCast 217, archive of the June 2022 FSOpenLine
Jul 13, 2022 – 43:27
FSCast 216, A Demo of the JAWS Notification History Manager, and a visit with Richard Oehm
Jun 29, 2022 – 54:00
FSCast 215, Joe Stephen, long time JAWS developer, and Toby Willis, Senior Product Manager for Inclusive Travel at Expedia
May 25, 2022 – 46:54
FSCast 214, Adrian Amandi discusses the upcoming National Coding Symposium, and a visit with Gary O'Donoghue, Chief North America Political Correspondent for BBC News
Apr 27, 2022 – 51:02
FSCast 213, Dr. Robert Englebretson discusses his ongoing research about how Braille is taught
Mar 30, 2022 – 41:23
FSCast 212, archive of the February 2022 FSOpenLine
Mar 10, 2022 – 45:51
FSCast 211, Chancey Fleet talks training workshops offered by the New York Public Library, and an intro to working at the Windows Command Prompt
Feb 23, 2022 – 51:24
FSCast 210, Marine Biologist Maureen Hayden, plus Independence Science making experiments accessible
Jan 26, 2022 – 01:01:45
FSCast 209, Ryan Jones' Christmas light show, and international blindness advocate Pedro Zurita
Dec 23, 2021 – 55:26

Recent Reviews

Ashleigh Peach

Latest Episode of FS Open Line: Appiacation mode?

I’m on Braum library still has the application is mode on Bruce forms. In other words, whenever you’re entering a form filled, at least in the new outlet, “Jones reports “application mode, “and I don’t know how to get out of that. Of course, I do know how to access the application mode when I’m in it, but how to get Jones to stop recording It constantly?
TornadicFan229952

Best podcast ever!

I love this podcast, now JAWS can leave me alone with alerts, and they won’t surprise me during while I am doing a word document. Keep up the great work! Oh and I am typing this on a Focus 5th generation!
Google search Search

Awesome

Podcasts like this are cool especially so that way you can keep up with the events of technology. When you talked about the windows 10 creators update for the fall, I already installed it last week. It’s also nice to see what’s going around with the programs that you guys have been doing. And we’re also looking forward to just being able to work with Microsoft edge since it’s not been working since it was released. And, it’s also good when you guys do that. I listened to this for a year, Even though I heard it on the computer before but never actually got to go honey. Nice work by the way!
DJ Hey 20

Awesome podcast

Omg, this is one of the best podcasts ever! I love hearing Jonathan Mosen talk about all the technology from Freedom Scientific and what events are happening. His New Zealand accent is fun to listen to. I highly recommend this podcast. Especially if you're an I-tunes user who's visually impaired.