Most government programs, do not want to purchase window eyes, because jaws is all they know. And odd comparison of that would be to say, that in professional wrestling, it's that thing that whole Cogan does. Window-Eyes was always considered second rate by the competition. And so, if the client need to screen reader, they were generally stuck with Jaws.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 15, 2016, at 7:52 AM, Pamela Dominguez via Talk > <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> wrote: > > I was talking to somebody about the government only buying jaws, and she > apparently looked up on a site to find out what the government would be able > to purchase. Window eyes was listed on there, too. I don't remember what > they call that contract, but even though they purchased jaws, they also had > window eyes on there. My husband was trying to get them to buy window eyes, > but they wouldn't. They said they didn't have a government contract. It > turned out not to be true. They just didn't want to do it for whatever > reason. Pam. > > -----Original Message----- From: Sky Mundell via Talk > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 2:15 PM > To: 'Darrell Bowles' ; 'Window-Eyes Discussion List' > Subject: RE: betrayal > > Hi Guys. I know that some of you guys are upset about this but here is my > thoughts on this. As we all know, Window-Eyes has been denied its > opertunity in mainstreme blind related computer programs, meaning that in > the days of GWMicro, no agency would fund Window-Eyes even though it had a > price tag similar to JAWS. As for NVDA, it's a great product as far as it > goes. However, there are business's and employment that I have come across > who don't like OpenSource. The reason is that they fear that OpenSource > solutions can affect their computers with virus's, spyware, etc. Thirdly, it > allows Window-Eyes to become embraced in schools, colleges, universities, > etc as for years it hasn't had a chance to become accepted in schools in the > US or in Canada. Also, there are also JAWS scripts that could easally be > modified to work with Window-Eyes. These include CakeTalking from Dancing > Dots, which I personally use in my recording studio to record music, as well > as the lime notation product to notate scores. All of these packages that I > use are essential for my work as a musician. > > _______________________________________________ > 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/geodom%40optonline.net. > 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 > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2016.0.7640 / Virus Database: 4604/12421 - Release Date: 06/14/16 > _______________________________________________ > 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
