Please remember that I also said this was in beta and everything is changing as well as the fact that we have a lot of polishing to do. So do not read anything into text repeating itself as there is still work to do. These types of judgments should not be made until the official release.
Thanks, Jeremy Curry Director of Training GW Micro Sent from my phone On Mar 2, 2012, at 4:23 PM, "David" <[email protected]> wrote: > Apparently. > > Near the end of the presenation, Jeremy said, that when Windows8 comes out, > GW hope to have a version of WE on the market that will handle it. Whether - > he said - this will be WE8, or some kind of WE7, he did not know. Well, that > at least, is how I got the message he gave. I do agree with one of the other > feedbackers, it was not very clear sound from the presenter, and I do hope > for a better sound in future recordings. > > But as I got it, GW does not even promise WE8 on the market, the day Windows8 > is out. Who knows when Windows8 is out, and who knows when WE8 is out. Browse > mode rewrite has been told to come in WE8, so let's just hold our breath. :) > > Personally, I have to say, the new interface of Windows8 sounded rather > obscuure. Then again, I still linger with my XP machines, and am glad there > still is two more years, before I have to finalize that Operating System. By > then, who knows which version of Windows will be around. So far, my machine > has outlived both Vista and Windows7, so at least, I will only have to take > one big plunge, the day I am forced to do the change. By then, likely GW will > have a better and more functional version out as well. One thing I did notice > in the presentation, and which is rather anoying already in the version of WE > that is out as per now, is the repetition of information. In the > presentation, I think it was when Jeremy tried to go to the PC Settings. The > speech kept repeating the term "PC Settings" three times or so. Honestly, WE > is the only screen reader I have been in touch with up through the years, > that insists on repeating terms over and over again. And the more responsive > the software gets, the more verbose and repetitive. I really would have loved > to see, now that GW is working on a more in-depth new version, that they > finally could have the speech stop repeating itself. There is really no need > for it at all, and since other screen readers have managed to overcome such > an ear-picking anoyance several years ago, I wish WE could come to be on the > same level; finally. I guess they could hook on to the last spoken phrase, > and then hook on to the upcoming one, and if they were the same, simply > cancel the upcoming one. Don't tell me it's impossible, as I said, I have > been in touch with several screen readers, and the others don't repeat > themselves to the extremity. NVDA, is enough for one example here. > > An interesting presentation, and although it did not convince me to make any > switch at the moment, it still gave a peek into what is round the corner. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Huber" <[email protected]> > To: "gw-scripting" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 9:52 PM > Subject: Re: Window-Eyes and Windows 8 Presentation > > >> Hi Aaron: >> Thanks for that presentation. It was verry interesting and informative. >> Does this mean that Window-eyes version 8 will not come out until >> Windows 8 is on the market? >> Kevin Huber >> >> On 3/2/12, Aaron Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Greetings, >>> >>> If you're interested, we've posted a recording of the Window-Eyes and >>> Windows 8 CSUN 2012 presentation on our podcast page: >>> >>> http://www.gwmicro.com/podcast >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Aaron >>> >>> -- >>> Aaron Smith >>> Web Development * App Development * Product Support Specialist >>> GW Micro, Inc. * 725 Airport North Office Park, Fort Wayne, IN 46825 >>> 260-489-3671 * gwmicro.com >>> >>> To insure that you receive proper support, please include all past >>> correspondence (where applicable), and any relevant information >>> pertinent to your situation when submitting a problem report to the GW >>> Micro Technical Support Team. >>> >>>
