Tracy, A lot of companies are using citrix. This software sets up a virtual desktop on a remote server for you. Without making changes on the remote servers, WE won't work. For the I.T. departments to install the WE software on each citrix server would require installation time and a reboot. Since the usual installation of citrix can span multiple servers, I mean potentially hundreds, this becomes unweildy and could cause unacceptable amounts of down time for the company. When it does work, it is quite flakey and slow. The best solution is to have a vpn(virtual private network) connection. This way, all of the desktop functionality is local to your computer and only the network traffic is sent/received on your computer. There are 2 main reasons companies like citrix. The first is expense. The cost, per user, is considerably less with citrix. Software licensing. There isn't a need to buy a license per individual user. Rather, there is a block of concurent user license utilized. Iwas released from a project due to the same issue. When I started, we all had vpn. The client demanded citrix and I wasn't able to reliably work. I truly hope that someone comes to the table with a workable solution very soon. Warm Regards.. Joe Lanier
_____ From: Tracy Son [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 5:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: A question about software and telecommuting for the blind Hello. The next question I have is about telecommuting software and how accessible it is with Window-Eyes. I had an interview with a particular telecommuting company and was pretty much turned down by that company because in the past Blind applicants had complained that the software was not usable as far as going between multiple windows on the screen in these applications. I was also told that the companies they contract with have special software used for a particular job. Has anyone here on the list had any experience with software used from these telecommuting companies or is anyone on the list employed by a telecommuting company that could point me in the right direction? Seems as though most of these companies turn down blind screen reader users for reasons stated above. Tracy Son.. 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.
