Re: David Wu interview and a bit of encouragement

Thu, 16 Jun 2016 04:59:35 -0700 

    I heard it, and really, what do you expect the guy to say?
Of course he's going to say everything's ok for now, which it is. Look folks, the sun came up this morning, our computers are all working, Window-eyes is still running, your fave sports team played a game last night and, depending on how they did they either won or lost. In other words, things haven't changed drasticly due to this new business decision. If you really enjoy using AI Squared's products, please keep supporting them as long as you can by purchasing their products if you need to do so or just send them a nice email of encouragement. If some of you knew how small of a space this is, you'd understand why this had to happen. I don't like it when a giant company eats a small one up. But remember a tiny lil company from St. Petersburg called Henter-Joyce? The same exact thing happened to them and JAWS is still around. Wether you like JAWS or not is the opinion of each person reading this and that's up to you. I said all that to say, just wait this thing out and see what happens. For the next 6 months or so things will work as normal. If something happens, we'll keep with it. We blind folks are certainly good enough to keep with the changes around us. If we weren't we'd still be using abacuses to do math, or punch cards for computers. Clearly, we're a better bunch than that. For now, everything is fine. We'll see what happens next year, and we'll roll with it. Relax, folks! 







On 6/16/2016 3:03 AM, Nick Sarames via Talk wrote:
There are many blind people who use Jaws, and apparently they are satisfied with it. If it were the worst product in the world, it wouldn't still exist. 

On 6/15/2016 10:38 PM, Darrell Bowles via Talk wrote:

Oh goodness. Everything's good, it's all great, and no one should panic.
I've heard that before...

Darrell Bowles
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Subject: David Wu interview
For those interested, here is a link to a recent interview with David Wu, 
former Ai Squared CEO/VP of Software Business at VFO:
http://podcast.freedomscientific.com/FSCast/episodes/FSCast127-David_Wu.mp3 

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On June 15, 2016 8:25:07 PM Sky Mundell via Talk
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But I bet if or when Narrator does have scripting kapabilities,
Dancing dots, and or Hartgen consultancy could make the scripts work with 
Narrator.


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Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 5:14 PM
To: Larry Higgins; Window-Eyes Discussion List
Subject: Re: Think Business

There are larger forces at work here. For one thing, smart phones and
tablets are replacing computers for many people. Many find that they
can do what they need to do with their smart phone or tablet, along
with consumption of content like music, videos, games, and sporting
events. My wife has an aging PC that she has not got around to
replacing because she is

doing everything with her iPhone, and is considering buying an iPad as
opposed to a PC. Many blind persons prefer a dedicated note taker to a
PC, and today's generation of note takers are not so dedicated anymore.
And as for those blind persons who use PCs, the free screen reader
NVDA is no longer a curiosity but is a viable solution for many home
PC users. PCs are still essential in the workplace, but the blind
population is growing older, and many who have worked are retiring.
And Apple continues to be an alternative solution for blind persons.
The demand for PC based screen reading software is decreasing, and
there just isn't enough demand to support several competing products.
I think that eventually advanced screen reader capability will be
built into Windows narrator and the AT companies will make their money
on hardware such as note takers, braille displays, and

low vision solutions.

Andy


-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Higgins via Talk
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 3:40 PM
To: Mickey ; Window-Eyes Discussion List
Subject: Re: Think Business

AMEN!

On 6/15/2016 1:29 PM, Mickey via Talk wrote:

                I probably shouldn't chime in on this, but I doubt if
the people at Window-Eyes had a lot to say about this sale. The
parent compan is AI Squared, and I'm sure they made the decision.


No, the good people at WE sold to AI Squared because they kept their
prices affordable, and it's hard to feed a family on affordability.


The men and women who worked for WE and AI Squared were dedicated,
caring people. Unfortunately, big business gets the nod.


I've been a GW customer for 22 years, and love it. Don't forget all
the times they helped us out of jams, and not only in working hours.


There was no betrayal here, simply economics. At least we still have
WE for now, and we need to stop giving the wrong people grief.
Granted, we think they're there to please us, and they have, for many
years. But I suspect they couldn't do it alone any more.


Thank you Doug, Dan, Chris, Marc, and all the people I've missed for
exemplary service. May it continue!


Mickey Prahin


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