GW Micro Announces SocialEyes
As a blind person, I am told to buy a screen reader, costing me close to
1000 dollars, so as to operate a computer, that everyone else can
operate right out of the box. In itself, that is a matter of
consideration. But with that screen reader, I am being promised, I will
be able to visit the net,and operate many different software. Really, so
should also be the case, for that price. GW is doing a job, when comes
to upgrade their screen reader.
Now, Skype is free for everyone. For the blind person, it is 50 dollars
an annual fee.
Facebook, Twitter or whatever those medias are called, are free for the
general user. But again, the blind person is being charged an annual
fee, of dollar 50.
Really, to 'go social', the blind user is being ripped another 100
dollars a year, that his contemporaries will have for free. And, that is
on top of a screen reader that promises me, that I will be able to
perform close to what anyone else could do with their computer. Sorry,
but I don't follow that logic. Why not spend the time and effort, in
making the screen reader work with those things, instead of posing even
more charges on people.
Good news, I am not part of all those social media. So, a big thianks to
GW for the announcement, as you have saved me 50 dollars a year, today.
Now, off to buy some chocolate. Anyone on this list, knows how many
pounds of chocolate, or how many doughnuts I can get for 50 dollars?
GW, I and many others, are thankful for your continuing to improve the
screen reader. Keep up that job, and let's have the fix for the UEFI
issues on Win7 and 8 machines, out on the market soon. That would have
been greater news. What need do we have for a new product, all the time
we cannot get the screen reader itself to work on a computer worth many
hundreds dollars? My big hope for the next secret release of GW, is that
it will do something for the screen reader. To those who are in need of
using a piece of electronic to know they have friends, enjoy what you
got. :)
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Mike Meehan <mailto:[email protected]>
*To:* Sandra Fouts <mailto:[email protected]> ; 'Bryan
Peterson' <mailto:[email protected]> ;
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ;
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Wednesday, July 03, 2013 4:14 PM
*Subject:* Re: GW Micro Announces SocialEyes
I agree here. Was hoping this new thing would be something that
was revelent. Sorry to all of yo “Facebook people”, but there a
lot of us who just don’t care about so-called social networks.
Maybe your next one out of the box will be winner.
Mike
*From:* Sandra Fouts <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Wednesday, July 03, 2013 7:05 AM
*To:* 'Bryan Peterson' <mailto:[email protected]> ;
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ;
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* RE: GW Micro Announces SocialEyes
Yeah!! Sorry GW. Not impressed.
*From:*Bryan Peterson [mailto:[email protected]]
*Sent:* Wednesday, July 03, 2013 8:59 AM
*To:* [email protected]; [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: GW Micro Announces SocialEyes
Or you could just use the Mobile site which is completely free.
We are the Knights who saaaaay...Ni!
*From:*[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:*Wednesday, July 03, 2013 7:21 AM
*To:*[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:*GW Micro Announces SocialEyes
*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*
*GW Micro, Inc. Announces SocialEyes*
Fort Wayne, Indiana (July 3, 2013) - GW Micro, Inc.
(www.gwmicro.com <http://www.gwmicro.com>) is proud to announce
SocialEyes, an application for Windows-based PCs that provides
access to Facebook via a consistent, keyboard friendly and fully
accessible user interface.
While Facebook is committed to enhancing the accessibility of the
Facebook website, screen reader users often find navigating the
default interface overwhelming and cumbersome. Using standard and
common controls, SocialEyes brings a fresh, streamlined and easy
to use interface to the Facebook social networking platform.
SocialEyes offers Facebook users the ability to access their
newsfeed, read comments, create comments, like posts, search for
events, pages, friends, groups, and more. Users can also read
notifications, messages, chat with their friends, write on
timelines, manage friend requests, and access event information.
SocialEyes even has the ability to attach links, photos, or video
to status updates.
SocialEyes also provides additional features, such as custom
notification sounds, and message filtering, all designed to help
you stay in touch with all of your Facebook friends.
SocialEyes is compatible with Window-Eyes and other popular
screen readers. Low vision users may also benefit from
SocialEyes by using it with a screen magnifier, such as ZoomText.
A SocialEyes annual subscription can be purchased for $50, but
for a limited time, you can get an annual subscription for only
$25. SocialEyes will be made available for purchase soon, and
pre-orders are now being accepted by GW Micro. You can pre-order
SocialEyes today by calling GW Micro at (260) 489-3671.
To learn more about SocialEyes, please check out the Introduction
to SocialEyes video tutorial. The video can be accessed from GW
Micro's YouTube channel: http://youtu.be/ULm6DW4zAmw and can also
be downloaded from the GW Micro website:
www.gwmicro.com/Training/Tutorials/Video/SocialEyes_Intro.mp4
<http://www.gwmicro.com/Training/Tutorials/Video/SocialEyes_Intro.mp4>.
A text transcript is also available at:
www.gwmicro.com/Training/Tutorials/Text/SocialEyes_Intro.txt
<http://www.gwmicro.com/Training/Tutorials/Text/SocialEyes_Intro.txt>.
Contact:
Dan Weirich
GW Micro, Inc.
725 Airport North Office Park
Fort Wayne, IN 46825
Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Web: www.gwmicro.com <http://www.gwmicro.com>
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