Thanks Jamie. I think it's good that you (and anyone else), keep mentioning what scripts you really need; that's how I got started on the MS Word script, because Edward mentioned that he needed it.
I don't use I-tunes, and can't say if someone will volunteer to do it or not, but whenever anyone mentions wanting a script, it's always a good idea to mention if you are willing to pay for it, and how much. I don't know J-tunes, but I assume it's a script for jaws, and I think it's for sale; so, who-ever does the equivalent for WE just may feel they're also entitled to sell their version. Chip ------------------------------ Chip Orange Database Administrator Florida Public Service Commission [email protected] (850) 413-6314 (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.) > -----Original Message----- > From: Jamie Pauls [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 12:51 PM > To: Chip Orange; [email protected] > Subject: Re: WE Vrs. JFW > > Chip, I would like to thank you and others like yourself who > are writing WE > scripts that help all of us so much. There are a few examples > of stellar > Jaws scripts, but not a lot. I really believe that only when > some really > useful scripts are written for WE will the blind community in > general start > to take notice. I realize that many of the scripts on Script > Central are > proof of concept scripts, and that these are very important > in their own > right, but I for one look forward to the WE iTunes script > that gives jTunes > a real run for its money. That's just an example, but I truly > would use such > a script. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chip Orange" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 8:42 PM > Subject: RE: WE Vrs. JFW > > > > Hi Edward, > > > > speaking of Word support, I just released the version of > the MS Word > > script > > which fixes the bug where WE mis-reports the font size as > you change it > > via > > a command key. > > > > Are there any other Word issues which still need attention? > > > > Speaking of this, I can't emphasize how important it is to have the > > ability > > to address these types of issues in your screen reader. I > also can't get > > across how difficult I found it, when I tried to do > anything like this in > > the jaws scripting environment, and how relatively easy it > is in WE, and > > how > > much support I receive from WE (both their support people and their > > developers) for each and every one of my scripting > projects. Perhaps I > > found jaws so difficult simply because I had no such > support, at all, from > > the FS folks. > > > > I want to write scripts for myself of course, which I > personally find > > interesting, but I write them for projects such as Word in > part, to help > > GW > > and help return something for all that free support I've > received from > > them > > as I've learned scripting. Jay McCarty's script which > gives java support > > to > > WE is the ultimate example of what's possible here in having scripts > > dramatically increase accessibility. It's not that FS couldn't do > > something > > similar, but I think few jaws users could. > > > > Chip > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Edward Marquette [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 7:43 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: WE Vrs. JFW > > > > Everyone is probably tired of this by now, but the comment > about technical > > support at WE was nothing short of astounding. When was > the last time > > anyone saw an FS employee on a listserv helping users? I > never, ever, > > ever > > saw that. Yet, GW Micro employees, like Aaron Smith, are > often on this > > listserv (and often on weekends and holidays). > > I've been through just about all the screen readers. I > started with PC > > Speak. Most of the listers never even heard of that one. > Then, there was > > the PC Talking program. Then, there was Vocal-Eyes, and > next Window > > Bridge. > > I was a faithful Window-Eyes user until 2004, when I had to > have support > > for > > colors, track changes, and many of the editing features in > MS Word that WE > > didn't support. I bought JFW, and used it happily until a year ago. > > I switched, not necessarily because I wanted to, but > because the tech > > support people at my firm (more than 800 lawyers) asked me > if there were > > not > > some alternative to JFW. It all centered around remote > access through > > Citrix. It wasn't that the FS people didn't try; however, > afer escalation > > after escalation, the dopy protection scheme just failed, > right in the > > middle of a remote access session -- proclaiming that my > version wasn't > > properly authorized. Our tech support people are very > good. One worked > > at > > Citrix. > > So, after verifying that WE had the support for MS Word > that I needed, I > > switched back a year ago, and WOW. > > The remote access is incredible. Even our tech support > people are amazed > > at > > how responsive WE is. > > I'm not saying it was a walk in the park to get it working, > but compared > > to > > he headaches we had with JFW, it was a walk in the park. > > That's my story. > > > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the > original sender > > only. 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