Thanks for reminding us about that app Chip. I do a lot of shopping on Amazon and I may give this app a try. Kevin Huber
On 8/18/13, Chip Orange <[email protected]> wrote: > I came across an app I had downloaded some years ago, and I was impressed > again by it, and thought I should mention it here for those who don't know > about it. > > > > Its name is "product search" by J.J. Meddaugh. You type in a keyword or > multiple keywords for some product you wish to buy, and the app searches > amazon and several merchants who sell specialty products for the visually > impaired for the keywords. > > > > It builds a list of every product it finds which includes telling you the > merchant; it puts a long description in an editbox which you can tab to > when > you have a product highlighted, and if you are interested, there's a > command > button which takes you to the merchants web site and right to the page for > the product. It can make searching for something on a complex web site > such > as Amazon much simpler than usual, and if it's a specialty product for the > visually impaired that you need, then it can save you time searching > through > various merchants web sites, each one being different from the others. > > > > It's a very nice app, and J.J.'s company the AT Guys had to put some real > programming effort using their own web site, in order to make this app > work. > I figure anyone who feels overwhelmed by sites such as Amazon might want to > give this a try. > > > > Enjoy, > > > > Chip > > > > > > > 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.
