As I listened to the GW Micro staff on Main Menu this evening, one thing jumped out at me. It was mentioned in the context of Quick Books and that is why I mention it here. The point was made at least twice that programs which appear difficult for blind users are often inconvenient for sighted users as well. I think we as blind computer users just assume that sighted people never have any issues with any software at all simply because they can see the screen. Before anyone gets up in arms, I think we can all agree that blindness certainly complicates the issue. Having said that, let's keep in mind that some programs are just going to be a pain to use, especially with speech. Window-Eyes 7 beta 1 has been out for about nine hours or so as I write this. It seems realistic to me to think that we should give Window-Eyes scripting a good year before we decide whether it really is as good as it seems. I'm not suggesting that there won't be some really awesome scripts written in less time then that, but I am just trying to look at the bigger picture here. We all want our favorite application to work immediately. Users of the other major screen reader have been wanting the same thing for several years now. Let's give the Window-Eyes community time to learn how to use the tools that GW Micro have created and start really working hard on some really practical scripts that will impact our daily lives. I'll bet if we don't hound the GW Micro staff constantly and we let some really talented programmers including those who work for GW Micro play around under the hood of Window-Eyes, we all may be pleasantly surprised.
Please don't think I am flaming anyone. Maybe I should have just gone to bed instead of trying to wax philisophical, but I decided to put in my two cents here. Please take my comments in the spirit in which they were intended. I'm not even sure that was a real sentence so I'll stop now. Good night! (smile) From: gary melconian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 10:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: regardin window eyes 7 and or aftr if any accounting packages can be looked at and scripted regarding if any scriptor will want ot script small business applications especially quickbooks Hello to any scriptor out there , who wants to take on a project in which you will have lots of users wanting to get your script would be for some one to make an excellent script to be able to access quickbooks with windoweyes 7. I know that are there are short cuts available to quickbooks and that can get me half way there but I would like to have more access to quickbooks and scripting would make geting things done a bit easier then I can do currently, the competition at least I can do some what of a job with quickbooks but then when I want to use window eyes then I run into problems and issues, and if that can be taken care of I would really appreciate it. This would open up lots of oppurtunities to the blind as far as the management of books for small business in which packages like quickbooks ar used, i currently use peachtree to accomplish most of my job at work as an accountant by profession and I get clients wanting me to do their books in which they hav had others previously set up there books in quickbooks an it can be a challenge in getting my work done but I would like to make that a bit easier , if anyone wants to take on the project, I would be willig on helping them on testing their script as well as letting them know how they can enhance and improve the user experience for the blind while using small business packages like quickbooks. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3215 (20080624) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3215 (20080624) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message.
