The jTunes scripts cost $75 in the U.S. although I did talk T and T
Consultancy to letting me pay for them by phone directly from the UK. The
price was a bit cheaper that way. I personally think $75 is a bit pricey,
but I would have no problem paying for top-quality scripts.
I know for a fact that Aaron Smith would like to hand the Skype scripts to
anyone who is truly interested in working on them and they really do need
some serious updating and enhancement. Also, Windows Live Messenger could
use some TLC as well. Those are the two programs that come to mind at
present. Any serious scripters might consider checking out
www.snowmanradio.com to see what Jim Snowbarger has worked on and what he
charges. His prices are quite reasonable, in my opinion.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chip Orange" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 12:55 PM
Subject: RE: scripts; was WE Vrs. JFW
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
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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.
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