Hey, if they give us the pin-point control we have now, that'll be fine. However, if they all close tomorrow, thousands will owe a huge debt of gratitude to Ron Hutchinson, Ted Henter, Larry Skutchan, and many others for the doors they opened.
Ted -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nicole Massey via Jfw Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 10:25 AM To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' Subject: RE: Screen Readers Indications are that Window Eyes is also on its way down the chute. This move to offer it free with Office is a desperation maneuver, and since Narrator will (hopefully, if the reports are correct) be scriptable in Windows 9 it doesn't look good for GW Micro. Jaws will probably hang on a bit longer thanks to existing scripts and legacy programs, but this is not good news for any add-on screen reader company. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gerald > Levy via Jfw > Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 9:17 AM > To: The Jaws for Windows support list. > Subject: Re: Screen Readers > > > Well, Serotek is still in business, so I guess System Access is till > around, but who knows for how long? Now that Mike Calvo is gone, and > Window Eyes is being offered free to users of Office 2010 and 2013, > not to mention NVDA, which is also free, it is hard to see how Serotek > can remain a viable competitor in the cscreen reader market. > > Gerald > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nicole Massey via Jfw" <[email protected]> > To: "'The Jaws for Windows support list.'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 10:02 AM > Subject: RE: Screen Readers > > > > Is System Access still free and in production? > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mario > >> Brusco via Jfw > >> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 8:59 AM > >> To: The Jaws for Windows support list. > >> Subject: Re: Screen Readers > >> > >> there also is the built in one in Windows called narrator, which I > >> would like to purchase something to replace MS Anna, like > >> Lequendo's Allison. > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Anna Byrne via Jfw" <[email protected]> > >> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 9:25 AM > >> Subject: RE: Screen Readers > >> > >> > >> Thunder used to read MS Access when JAWS wouldn't. The voice is > >> awful, but it was a good reader. > >> At 06:51 AM 5/9/2014, you wrote: > >> >A couple of years ago, there was another one from The UK, Thunder > >> >screen Reader. It's the feature attraction in a suite of > >> >programs-- > a > >> >basic PDF reader, Internet radio guide, and other stuff. > >> > > >> >Ted > >> > > >> >-----Original Message----- > >> >From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > >> >Mario Brusco via Jfw > >> >Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 7:47 PM > >> >To: The Jaws for Windows support list. > >> >Subject: Re: Screen Readers > >> > > >> >Non Visual Desktop Access (NVDA) from nvaccess.org is the only one > >> >that I know of that's free, but a donation is encouraged. > >> > > >> >----- Original Message ----- > >> >From: "Kevin Hourigan via Jfw" <[email protected]> > >> >To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <[email protected]> > >> >Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 5:33 PM > >> >Subject: Screen Readers > >> > > >> > > >> >Hello Listers, > >> >Could anyone post some of the screen readers downloadable for free > >> please? > >> >So I can compare them to Jaws. > >> >Thanks Kevin Hourigan. > >> >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > >> >scrubbed... > >> >URL: > >> ><http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the- > >> jdh.com/attachments/20140508/bf09ca7d/attachment.html> > >> >-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was > >> >scrubbed... > >> >Name: wlEmoticon-smile[1].png > >> >Type: image/png > >> >Size: 1046 bytes > >> >Desc: not available > >> >URL: > >> ><http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the- > >> jdh.com/attachments/20140508/bf09ca7d/attachment.png> > >> >_______________________________________________ > >> >Jfw mailing list > >> >[email protected] > >> >http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > >> > > >> > > >> >_______________________________________________ > >> >Jfw mailing list > >> >[email protected] > >> >http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > >> > > >> >_______________________________________________ > >> >Jfw mailing list > >> >[email protected] > >> >http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Jfw mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Jfw mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Jfw mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
