A free version of JAWS? DO you always listen to what your told? Darrell Bowles Assistive Technology Trainer Pelissippi State Community College 8656613917
-----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+dgbowles=msn....@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of RJ Sandefur via Talk Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 12:41 PM To: Doug Geoffray <dgeoff...@aisquared.com>; Window-Eyes Discussion List <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> Subject: Re: VFO acquisition of Ai Squared So does this mean window eyes for office will go away? Does this mean their might be a free version of jaws for windows? This sounds exciting! RJ On 6/14/2016 12:18 PM, Doug Geoffray via Talk wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I wanted to chime in here and give my personal thoughts to the bombshell > released today regarding VFO (the parent company of Freedom Scientific > and Optelec) acquiring Ai Squared. And by bombshell, I don't mean a bad > thing, I just mean it is shocking and unexpected news. > > I know this may seem scary to many people. I know that we have a great > number of extremely loyal customers who may be feeling betrayed. There > are lots of legit concerns and questions that I'm sure come to > everyone's minds. But honestly, nobody knows the answers at this > point. We are just starting the discussions internally of how best to > take all our new resources, talent, products, etc. and meld them > together to give the best customer experience. For the next 6 months or > so, it will be business as usual. After the 6 months, who knows at this > point but I can guarantee the customers will benefit from the results. > Nobody will be abandoned or taken advantage of, etc. I'm very impressed > with John Blake (CEO of VFO). I truly believe John is in this for the > customer. > > Personally, I'm extremely excited with the possibilities. Think about > it, we now have all the best minds in this industry under one roof. > Instead of us duplicating resources, we can combine them and inovate. > Although Freedom has been our number one competitor since Dan and I > started GW Micro in 1990, I've always had great respect for their > engineers. Okay, I've had questions about their corporate leadership, a > certain lawsuit comes to mind (smile), but that was a completely > different leadership team. That was a different owner and a different > CEO. Vector has an outstanding reputation. John Blake has shown great > leadership and concern for the customer. Under this new leadership and > available resources, I'm ready to take that and do whatever it takes to > have the best possible solutions for our customers, for every low vision > and blind person out there. > > People may be concerned about lack of competition causing innovation and > quality to suffer. Nothing can be further from the truth. There is > still plenty of competition out there, including free options but we > have the determination and drive, starting at the corporate level all > they way down to provide the best quality products, hands down. Yes, > this will take some time to prove but I'm hoping that everyone out there > will give us that opportunity. Again, I'm putting everything I have into > this venture and I wouldn't do that if I didn't believe in it. > > Regards, > Doug > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/manbatsandefur %40outlook.com. > For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/dgbowles%40msn .com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
