Hi George.
I think this is helpful, and maybe a promise of hope.
I have been a Window-Eyes user since 1998, and there are members of this
list who like myself, have a passionate loyalty to Window-Eyes.
Windows has become more complex, for reasons which if discussed would
become irrelevant to the purposes of this list, and I have the
perception that Window-Eyes is struggling to keep up its good, solid and
historically, its cutting edge performance.
There are at least two principles which guide information about releases
of new Window-Eyes versions. These ar emy interpretations and probably
not how GW would phrase the following. One is that announcements of
pending releases are few and far between, because releases are few and
far between. And when the releases are announced, we can expect that
the improvements are numerous, significant and throughly tested.
As one loyal user awaiting needed improvements, I just now wonder what I
can expect and when I should expect it.
I do not use other screen readers. I made the decision years ago that
Window-Eyes was the best. From what I have heard, it still more than
holds its own when placed up against JAWS, and I think that if you go
down the Window-eyes path, you will be making an important contribution
towards the growth of the product. But I do think we need to see a new
release soon.
Good luck.
Vaughan.
On 26/07/2014 2:58 p.m., George A Martinez CPA wrote:
Hi Vaughn,
In the category of "for what it is worth..."
The last 2 days I was in a WE training seminar presented by Marc Solomon. I am
not at present a WE user, still in MAGic and JAWS 15 but seriously considering
making the move to WE.
Marc had a portion of his presentation one day dealing with using the Rodent
with WE. He seemed to indicate there was continued interest in support in WE
for using the rodent in certain operations. In fact, I expressed that I was
trying to learn to be totally independent of rodents and he indicated that I
needed to learn the material as it might well someday save my bacon.
I am not defending GW Micro as I am a new kid on the block but in my experience
with programmers it is very common for release dates to get pushed back
numerous times, with serious delays.
George
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vaughan DoddVaughan [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 7:31 PM
To: Don H; gwmicro
Subject: Re: WE 9
These might be the same top level staffers who are diminishing the
importandce of braille.
I wonder when AI Squared showed any real interest in braille, and most
definitely - reviewing the screen with the mouse keys is a useful
feature - it made Window-Eyes stand out from the rest.
There has not been anything of note since the announcement of the
so-called merger.
Vaughan.
On 26/07/2014 7:53 a.m., Don H wrote:
Well since some high level staff at GW said that they didn't even
think this was a useful function, reviewing a IE screen with the mouse
keys, I hope they have been convinced differently. As for WE 9 being
released of course that has always been a top secret bit of info at GW
and probably the same with its new owners..
On 7/25/2014 2:32 PM, Vaughan DoddVaughan wrote:
Don: My question is I think more fundamental: Will we ever get
Window-Eyes version nine?
Vaughan.
On 26/07/2014 5:13 a.m., Don H wrote:
Will the ability to use the mouse keys to review the screen in
Internet Explorer be returned in WE 9? I think enough users have
expressed how useful this function is.
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