Wow! That's quite a shame. System Access is a good screenreader and I would hate to see Serotek go belly up and lose those resources that SA and SamNet have.
Shawn Sent From My White MacBook > On Nov 22, 2014, at 1:22 AM, Pamela Francis <gypsykitt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I follow their Twitter feed. Once they realized news had spread like > wildfire, they decided to defend themselves as if they were a3 year old > child. You cannot tell me five people are going to depart right before the > holidays under good terms. As much listenership as they have developed around > the world it is rather disingenuous of them not to give an explanation. After > they saw the firestorm on their Twitter feed, they said they would come out > with some sort of a lame blog post. After the way they handle the Twitter > feed, there is no way I can believe anything a blog post could say. > > Pam Francis > > On Nov 21, 2014, at 11:57 PM, Joe Quinn <jdawg1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Here it is: > Serotek, the makers of the System Access screen reader and the company behind > the Serotalk POdcast Network, has parted ways with the majority of their > staf, leaving the future of the company in doubt. Those losing their jobs > include Buddy Brannan, Ricky ENger, Lisa Salinger, Joe Steinkamp, and Richard > Wells. Steinkamp and Enger were let go last week while the other three > announced their departures earlier on Friday. The staff members let go > produced and participated in many popular podcasts including The SeroTalk > Podcast, Triple-Click Home, That Android Show, and End of line among others. > This leaves a bare-bones staff including long-time programmer Matt Campbell > and producer Jamie Pauls who remain with the company, at least for the > moment. We've reached out to Serotek for comment, and inquired about the > future of the company and their software products and will post more if we > hear back. We know a lot of you might like to post your memories, comments, > or well wishes to those who have departed. Feel free to do this in the > comments. Update to clarify that some of the 5 may have officially resigned. > That being said, it's unlikely this was done under favorable terms. The end > result is still the same. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Nov 21, 2014, at 11:45 PM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona >> <hank.smith...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> can you please post the link to the article? >> >>> On 11/21/2014 10:26 PM, Pamela Francis wrote: >>> Hello folks, >>> For those who don't know and our listeners to the Serotalk podcast, their >>> main team has been fired. >>> If you follow blind bargains on Twitter, they have the article posted >>> there. There is nothing on the Serotalk page or the Serotek page to say >>> anything about the most recent move. Truly a shame. Those guys had good >>> chemistry. You would never know they were working from across the country. >>> If you subscribe to any of their services, you're likely to get less >>> support now than you ever did. I hope it doesn't mean the beginning of the >>> end for those people. As hard as their founder worked to create it into the >>> company it has been. >>> >>> Pam Francis >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
