Well, I don't know about the US, but here in the UK, most of the local councels and other authorities, (Particularly education), normally go with just one option, and don't look at anything else. It is mainly market driven, rather than from a user perspective. However, I personally am trying to do something about it, by seeing if I can become a Window-Eyes trainer, and there aren't many of those in the UK.
-----Original Message----- From: Vaughan Dodd [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 12 November 2014 19:36 To: 'Samuel Wilkins'; '[email protected]' Subject: RE: drivers An important point with respect to those who have little knowledge of what is available and what is best suited. Perhaps I should have been more specific in that the challenge is for those doing assessments to take an open ended approach, and to be knowledgeable about the range of options that are available. But: manufacturers and suppliers need to also be proactive. Best. Vaughan. -----Original Message----- From: Samuel Wilkins [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, 12 November 2014 9:41 p.m. To: [email protected] Subject: RE: drivers Hello Vaugn, Yes, if you tried tomake the focus driver to work with Window-Eyes, Freedom Scientific could sue you, as, technically, what you would be doing would be reverse engineering. As far as I know, that activity is illegal, and many license agreements forbid it. In regards to your comments about agencies, I agree with you up to a point. It is important to be able to evaluate things for yourself, however, beginners (EG students or people who have just lost their sight), and people who are not very technically minded, probably cannot research those products, so they have to use the agencies. -----Original Message----- From: Vaughan Dodd [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 11 November 2014 21:38 To: 'richard fiorello'; 'Gw' Subject: RE: drivers I agree with this, but I bet that any attempt at "hacking" to support better interaction with Window-eyes would result in legal action. I certainly can't do it, but in the interests of being completely honest - the thought has crossed my mind more than once. In the business world, FS can do whatever it likes. Because - in the braille display market, there are many products to choose from, Window-eyes users can reject the Focus, but we need to be able to evaluate the alternatives. So that we are not captured by agencies, we need to be proactive about researching and obtaining devices to evaluate. I behave this way quite frequently. A variation on my previous suggestion of locking the Focus out of Woindow-eyes: it may be better if AI Squared reduced the number of displays it supported, but actively worked with those manufacturers to improve the interfaces with the preferred displays. Vaughan. Vaughan. -----Original Message----- From: richard fiorello [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, 12 November 2014 10:03 a.m. To: Gw Subject: drivers Hi; I'm certainly not a programer but it would seem that someone could take a look at the driver freedom scientific is using and just duplicate that info to work with another screen reader. I no, if its so easy why don't I do it but it would seem that a programmer could manage that. richard sent from my braille note If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. 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