Another issue tom is that all organisations here don't understand other oses.
a lot of companies have contracts with 1 or more of the main previders.
So unless those corperations switched we whould still have the issue.
in some places I worked in they only recognised jaws.
in a test subject I did for uni busness jaws was still the most popular.
here we have jaws and dolphin depending where you are.
And to be fair jaws is the crazy one win eyes you can lease if you
want till you buy it which is at least affordable.
Dolphin stuff is not as expensive as jaws and they do care about
bundling a lot of things with their stuff which make it worth it.
They also don't push payed upgrades at you they understand the cost.
Sure they do cost but its always been worth the upgrade.
The distributer I use understands the costs.
dolphin stuff has been quite stable for me.
but yeah, if I didn't have so much stuff invested I'd actually go mac or linux.
Actually the only thing I have and like is eudora 7.1 I use with
supernova and the rest with nvda so maybe I could go if I cared its
just that windows games are all windows, blind games are windows so
I'd need to run a vm.
I may even have to one day so maybe one of these days I may switch.
Ofcause everything I use here is pcs.
So it pays to at least mirror what everyone uses here.
At 07:28 a.m. 7/08/2012 -0400, you wrote:
Hi Darren,
Oh, absolutely. That's why I use Linux as my primary operating system
these days. The cost of computer hardware has come down, most Windows
software is reasonably priced, but the cost of adaptive tech such as
screen readers and OCR programs like Openbook remain extremely high in
contrast. For a Linux user the Orca screen reader comes with the OS,
the way Voiceover comes with Mac, and there are free OCR solutions
such as Easy OCR which is free as well. I don't see continuing to pay
for Jaws, Openbook, Window-Eyes, etc for the prices they are charging
when there are cheaper alternatives available.
In addition to Linux I've been looking at investing in an Apple
computer. Mac OS really has come up in the world of accessibility and
the way accessibility is integrated into the OS plus the stability of
the software is certainly something to consider. I think if Freedom
Scientific, GW Micro, Dolphin, etc aren't careful they may have their
socks blown off by Apple because having to purchase a screen reader
for $1,000 quid just isn't financially feasible or necessary these
days. /Especially, not with access technology coming down in price for
non-Windows platforms.
So the sooner more people realize that, get free of their high priced
access software in favor of less expensive alternatives, the more
those companies will have to come down in price or risk of going out
of business. Just look at the popularity of NVDA which is definitely
the cost effective solution for Windows. I think the only reason NVDA
isn't more popular is many people are dissatisfied with the screen
review which is a bit clunky compared to Jaws or Window-Eyes, but is
functional once a person figures out how to use it correctly.
Cheers!
On 8/7/12, Darren Harris <darren_g_har...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> Hi tom,
>
> But you see this is the problem, computer tech prices have come down
> dramatically over the years as you've pointed out, but the likes of screen
> readers, braillers, displays etc haven't. they've stayed the same almost or
> gone up in price and the companies wonder why people aren't buying?
>
> Also the likes of fs and gw micro are going to get into even more trouble
> now that apple is really coming up in the world of accessibility. To ditch
> windows is 1 of my next major financial projects to be honest with you. The
> sooner I can be rid of windows and go over to apple exclusively the better.
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