Hello, The process for convincing state agencies to purchase window-eyes is by starting out with a stable, easy to use product with good documentation, a wide user base, possitive feedback from consumers already using the product, and possibly an incentive or two from the company for large corporations, on-site licenses, etc etc. I have used window-eyes for a long time now, and so I don't feel that I am objective in some of the statements that I make about window-eyes lack of stability particularly on the web and other issues, bugs, etc etc. The real test would be to have a native JAWS user come over to window-eyes, follow the documentation, and use the product for a few days/weeks at the job site where inefficiency could cost you the job. Window-eyes scripting is buggy, it causes crashes, and I ran into an issue last night on a user's machine where in word, arrowing up would not read the previous line even though there was text. Word was maximized, it could read everything if starting at the top or doing a read to end, but it would not read the previous line. The user was having lock-up issues previously, so I recommended that this person turn off scripting as the only scripts that were enabled were the defaults in 7.2 and this user never used those scripts. Guess what? Word worked, and the system seemed more responsive. I can't convince a state agency to get window-eyes when it doesn't work with many programs, it takes twice or three times as long to get anything done on the web because I am constantly turning off and on browse mode, refreshing the screen, etc etc. Again, hope that this next update with the UIA changes and the new interface that some of these issues will be resolved, but until browse mode is fixed and until GWmicro stops reacting to the screen reading market's innovations and actually lead the innovations and fix things in a semitimely manner, this will never happen. I'm sorry to say this. I am always open to change my mind if someone can tell me something that contradicts my statements. h, and for you users who are going to come on here and bash every word I say because you're wiling to pay for a product because it used to be the best and it used to be stable and the company has you convinced that they still are, then please don't respond on this list. Do it privately. I don't need to clog up this list with complaining, but I also don't want people who are going to say that window-eyes is the best when most haven't even looked at the competition.
Thanks. Nimer J On 04/02/2011, Terri Pannett <[email protected]> wrote: > I feel sorry for people who are stuck with a screen reader because it's the > only one Rehab chooses for them. I also feel sorry for the few kids who > still attend state schools for the blind because they are stuck with > whatever screen reader the state has bought for the school. I've been told > CSB in Fremont California uses the shark! > > So, in these economically hard times, how can we convince schools and Rehab > to buy, for example, WindowEyes? > > Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. > 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. > > GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can > manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. > > 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. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
