Hello Aaron, the rest of the staff there at GWM, and listers,
I rarely chime in here on this list because frankly most of you guys are way too brutal for my taste. However, Aaron raises a valid point, and I for one remember the survey, so why is it that when the guys at GWM take your survey responses to heart you want to gripe about it or expect it to be free. Heck $25 can be wasted in less than one evening, so while the offers on the table take it. GWM is not making you buy anything, nor are they required to produce solutions for a web site that clearly is not 100% accessible. Personally I buy what I need and choose not to purchase what I don’t. I’m still running 7.5.4.1 not because I can’t afford the upgrade, but because at this point it is just not a priority to me. When it does I’ll gladly put up the money to do so. Heck I ran 5.0 for some time and didn’t upgrade till 7.5.4.1 and I think it cost me somewhere around $350 or $375 to do it, but I was glad to do it. I’m a professional musician by trade and I don’t make a habit of going out and playing gigs for free, and I doubt seriously any of you go to your job and tell your boss, “Geez boss, I’m independently wealthy so no need in paying me anymore.” So why are you guys so hard on a group of people that are working their asses off to see that we have tools to make our lives better. I’m like most of you guys’ just a working stiff, and the cost of assistive technology is rather steep and it takes a bit to save the money up to make a purchase, but that’s no one’s fault. It is simple supply and demand. There’s simply not enough people that use the same toys as we do so there’s less of a market to keep companies like GWM in business therefore the money has to come from somewhere. Since, for the moment, we don’t live in a total socialized nation that money must come from us … the end consumer and that’s just the way it is. I’m still on the fence whether I’ll buy in to SocialEyes or not. While a big part of my communication to my fans is through Facebook I, like many others, am starting to tire of the entire social network scene, Facebook in particular. Every day they roll out new rules and take more liberties in taking over your information but I digress. It sounds like a cool tool and most likely I’ll purchase at least one year of subscription. While the mobile site of Facebook is more accessible it is not totally 100%, nor is every feature available on it and that’ again is just the way it is, so for one I can see the need for such an application. My hat’s off to you guys at GWM. You took the survey and you rose to the challenge and addressed it. In anyone’s book that’s a job well done. And that ladies and gentleman is my 2¢ worth. From: Aaron Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 10:55 AM Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: GW Micro Announces SocialEyes Why don't GW Micro do a survey of their customers to see what direction they want to go. Actually, we did an app request survey, and the number one requested app was for...wait for it...Facebook. I might also point out that the development team involved with apps is not the same team involved with Window-Eyes development, which is why it can devote resources to creating new solutions while Window-Eyes continues to grow on its own path. Thanks, Aaron -- Aaron Smith Web Development * App Development * Product Support Specialist GW Micro, Inc. * 725 Airport North Office Park, Fort Wayne, IN 46825 260-489-3671 * gwmicro.com To insure that you receive proper support, please include all past correspondence (where applicable), and any relevant information pertinent to your situation when submitting a problem report to the GW Micro Technical Support Team. 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.
