Hello. A few days ago I posted a job opportunity from a company called Full
Circle Group, who is looking for an assistive technology trainer to work with
OVR clients. I have no doubt that the offer is legitimate but I have never
heard of Full Circle Group and I must admit that I was extremely curious about
this company. During my 13 years at Associated Services for the Blind this name
never came up. I wondered if this was a new player in this space and I wanted
to see what I could discover about them.
After doing a bit of searching I did locate a company named Full Circle
Computing, <www.FullCircleComputing.com> located in Exton, PA. Their handle on
Twitter is @fccomputing and the above link will take you to their Web site.
They seem to offer a variety of mainstream training packages but I could find
no reference to anything about assistive technology. Assuming that this is the
same organization who posted the job listing on Indeed.com I am guessing,
perhaps incorrectly, that they are very new to this space. First, their Web
site, as I mentioned, seems to offer no information regarding assistive
technology training. In addition, the job listing mentions Screen Power and
Window-Eyes. Unless there is a newer product called Screen Power, this was a
screen reader offered by Telesensory, which no longer exists. Window-Eyes,
while a bit more current, ceased development last year and, while the free
version for users of Office <www.WindoweyesForOffice.com> is still legally
available, it is, essentially, a dead product.
I contacted them via their Facebook page to ask if they were the organization
who posted the job listing and gave them updated info on Window-Eyes and Screen
Power.
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David Goldfield, Assistive Technology Specialist
WWW.David-Goldfield.Com<http://WWW.David-Goldfield.Com>
