From my point of view, the initial cost for JAWS is a bit of a pill to
swallow, but after that, at only $120 for a SMA that gives you two major
version upgrades, or two years of maintenance, it only costs $5 per
month, very affordable. Even if Freedom Scientific decides to raise the
price for SMAs to $180, that's still a very affordable $7.50 per month.
Sure there are free alternatives like NVDA, or Windows Eyes if you have
Microsoft Office, but I've found with NVDA, most of the features already
built into JAWS, you have to go find an add in for it, and some features
simply aren't available.
I'm very happy with JAWS, and have no plans to switch to something else
unless Freedom Scientific gives me a good reason to.
When I first lost my vision I was told to get OmniPage and use it with
Microsoft Word to read my mail. I was so disappointed with the results I
was getting that I tried Open Book, less than a week later, I bought it
and happily kicked OmniPage out of my system.
So it looks like I'll be a Freedom Scientific customer for the
foreseeable future.
Cheers!
On 12/13/2016 9:01 AM, Graham Smith wrote:
What with accessibility getting better and better with computer operating
systems out of the box and having paid for an SMA for well over ten years now
certainly makes you think.
Through listening to FS Podcasts they seem to be concentrating on hitting
governments, students etc for the bulk of their business.
Jaws has been a great help to me over the years but I really feel I have paid
for it now.
Graham
On 12 Dec 2016, at 21:11, Ted Sparks <tsparks2...@gmail.com> wrote:
Sorry, as far as I know it will cost you an extra 60 bucks if you wait until
after the first of the year. Go figure.
-----Original Message-----
From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On
Behalf Of Tom Behler
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2016 7:57 PM
To: 'Jaws users list'
Subject: [JAWS-Users] SMA Renewal Question
Hello, everyone.
My intent with this e-mail is not to stir up controversy, but to try to get
the truth regarding upgrading a Jjaws SMA.
Here's my situation:
My current Jaws SMA ends with Jaws 18.
I recently received a mail notification from Freedom Scientific advising me
that I can renew my Jaws SMA for the next two Jaws upgrades for $120, as
long as I do so by December 31. In a followup conversation with the FS
Customer Service Department, I was told that if I wait to renew my SMA after
December 31, that cost will go up to $180.
I was always under the impression that the $120 SMA renewal cost figure
would be the same as long as you renewed your SMA prior to the next major
Jaws update.
Perhaps I am mistaken here, and wonder what others know about this issue.
I may not be able to renew my SMA prior to December 31, and just want to
know what to expect, or how to advocate for a fair price.
Thanks!
Dr. Tom Behler from Michigan
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