Hi, Cindy,
I have attended every users' group meeting for k1000 since they were
instituted. The very strong impression I have always had is that you
can upgrade to the current version from wherever you are at the same
price, currently $125. Admittedly, you would have to have a fairly
recent pc model to make sense. I would think that anyone who likes
the software would not be in such an extreme situation as I used as
an example. I was trying to make a point. That company does not mes
with sma's. They just charge a single price to get the current
version. They are an exception to the rule.
Evelyn
At 10:55 PM 7/11/2007, you wrote:
This is not totally correct. You can skip some upgrades to a point but you
cannot go all the way back to version 1. I believe version 5 or 6 is the
actual cut off currently. This is because computer systems change so much
that at some point you can't simply upgrade. If I have a program that runs
on windows 95 it may also run on windows 98, windows 2000, windows
millennium but at some point, probably xp or vista, it will stop running and
upgrading cannot simply reconfigure what you have. They are however, very
generous with being able to skip upgrades and providing upgrades at a
reasonable cost.
Cindy
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Subject: Re: [Braillenote] jumping upgrades
Hi, all,
Kurzweil 1000 permits skipping upgrades. You pay the same price
whether you are going from version 10 to version 11 or from version 1 to 11.
Evelyn
At 11:54 AM 7/10/2007, you wrote:
>I don't know any company that allows skipping upgrades fs doesn't
>for jaws and such. I have yet to come across a company where i have
>some assistive technology and you can skip upgrades. It would be
>nice if we could but oh well. That is the way of the world.
>
>Malaina
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>Subject: RE: [Braillenote] keysoft 7,5 in the uk what do you think?
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>>Hi alex;
>>That is the one unfair thing about HW, you can not skip upgrades. If
>>you do, it will cost you the full SMA to get to the second upgrade. If
>>you start with a new SMA and we have 2 upgrades, it will take one count
>>for each upgrade or 2 counts to jump to the second upgrade.
>>Terry Powers
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Alex Parks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 8:49 PM
>>To: chaman; [email protected]
>>Subject: re: [Braillenote] keysoft 7,5 in the uk what do you think?
>>
>>I am in the USA but agree. Actually I am thinking about saving my
>>last SMA count for the version after 7.5 because it will have its
>>own features plus those of 7.5.
>>
>>Have a great day,
>>Alex
>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: chaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>To: Braille note list <[email protected]
>>>Date sent: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 17:14:24 +0100
>>>Subject: [Braillenote] keysoft 7,5 in the uk what do you think?
>>
>>>Hello list.
>>>I just went on the humanware site and read about the keysoft 7,5
>>>release. Looking at the main features of this release, there are
>>>not many features that a user would benefit from in the uk. Like
>>>the support for bookshare and rfbd books is no use to those who
>>>own a braille note in the uk. I don't think that keysoft 7,5 is
>>>worth a sma. It doesn't have many features that people could use
>>>outside of the usa. So if the users of the braille note outside
>>>the usa could shout out their opinions then we could hopefully
>>>change something. So what does everyone think about this.
>>
>>
>>>Chamandeep Singh Grover
>>>email:
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