Hi: Although I admit I've got a lot more testing top do, I'm finding that, although JFW is basicly an excellent screen reader, I'm finding that there are some things Window-Eyes can do that JFW can't. The biggest plus I've found so far with Window-Eyes is that if it doesn't want to inteact with an application, it simply doesn't. On the other hand, I've got several programs which JFW doesn't like, and it tells me so by either sending an illegal operation message and shutting down the unwanted application, or (worse) crashing or locking my system altogether. Now you tell me which you'd prefer. This is not a slam, because I acknowledge both are fine products, and I guess one's choice between them depends on his system, his software, and what he wants to accomplish. >From: Simon F <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [Fwd: Fwd: A comparative review of Windoweyes and JFW'sInternetAccess] >Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 08:26:49 +1200 > >if MS are going to make a screen reader then it better be able to do >everything that JFW can, I'm not stepping backwards in the computer world. > >simonAt 05:07 21/03/99 -0800, you wrote: >>I would bet that Microsoft will develop a screen reader. Not for the blind >>community but for other areas that will develop into it. One of the quiet >>reasons for the development of all the software synthesizers etc. is so >>that ultimately a company's web site can be integrated into more >>sophisticated voice mail systems. It doesn' t take a lot of foresight to >>see this. We are probably only a few years away from not only the push 1 >>for this, push 2 for that, but push 124 for information about this or that >>product. It will be html readers that retrieve this information. If this >>indeed happens, you can bet that eventually there will be a Microsoft >>button somewhere to do it. >>A lot of what Microsoft does is catch up, hell Windows is catch up from >>MacIntosh. Many of the features in their systems came first from third >>parties. Let's all enjoy it and leave the cynicism elswhere. >>Michael Seelig >> >>At 12:17 AM 3/21/99 -0500, you wrote: >>>Hey guys: >>>do you really think that microsoft is going to dedicate any serious >>>resources into developing a superior screen reader. Look how long its >>>taken to get MSAA in to a reputable state, and it still isn't implemented >>>by most of the software out there. I doubt that a microsoft screenreader >>>is going to work as well as those developed by companies who have made a >>>commitment over the past ten years or so. MS would only be playing catchup, >>>and the bean counters would neversee it as proffitable to devote many man >>>hours in the project. That's just my cynical point of view >>>Gordon >>> >>>- >>>Visit the jfw ml web page: http://jfw.cjb.net >>> >>Don't let what you don't know stop you from doing what you do know. >>Most learning is circular in nature, each time around you pick up something >>else. >>- >>Visit the jfw ml web page: http://jfw.cjb.net >> >> >Simon Fogarty >Dunedin, NZ > >Hm ph: ++64-03-4771633 >WK ph: ++64-025-2230355 > >Email: >hm : [EMAIL PROTECTED] >sch: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >bus: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >- >Visit the jfw ml web page: http://jfw.cjb.net > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - Visit the jfw ml web page: http://jfw.cjb.net
