As my dad used to say, "Consider the source". These could also be seen as the rants of a disgruntled former employee with an ax to grind, and, by his own admission, some mental health issues.
Andy -----Original Message----- From: Craig Werner [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 9:42 AM To: GW Micro (List) Subject: Re: Opinions Of A Former AT Software Engineer Hello, Josh and everyone. These articles are valuable as historical documents, and they probably should be taken seriously. However, please remember they represent one player's opinion. Like other highly personal writings, I suspect they contain some truth, but I suspect they contain some misrepresentations or, at least, personal biases. Something I told my students over and over bears repeating: don't be persuaded by the latest piece you read even if it comes from a credible source. Read it, yes; but also think critically about it. Craig On 8/12/2013 12:09 PM, josh n rivera wrote: > Wow! > These articles were quite revealing, to put it mildly. It's sad to see > that the two main screen readers out there are, seemingly, sitting on > their back-sides, just coasting, while hundreds of blind persons are > out there unable to find employment, because these screen readers have > not kept up. > On Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:14:14 -0500 "Gary King" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> writes: > > Last night I ran across a couple of interesting articles written by > a former head of Software Engineering of a major assistive > technology company. Since Window-Eyes was mentioned in the articles > in a historical context, I am passing them along to the list. > http://chrishofstader.com/the-death-of-screen-reader-innovation/ > http://chrishofstader.com/screen-reader-failure-innovation-deterioration -despair/ > Gary King > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > ____________________________________________________________ > 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.
