All I can definitively tell you is this folks, I work full time
professionally as an assistive technology instructor with a blindness
agency every day. At a recent retreat, the thinking throughout the room
did most certainly seem to be that VFO most likely does have plans to
quote unquote, kill off, Window-eyes, either now or in the not too
distant future. The question I asked was, why are we, that is the
assistive tech department, going to officially be promoting the use of
NVDA as a free screen reader, and not Window-eyes? My logic being that
Window-eyes can also essentially be free as well. That's when several
replies came back that gave me the distinct impression that Window-eyes'
days may in truth be numbered. I hope that's not the case; I've been a
customer of Gw Micro since the Vocal-eyes days! Anyone here remember
those days? Back when it used to be Jaws for Dos, versus Vocal-eyes? I
remember when it used to be Arkenstone who sold Openbook, not Freedom
Scientific. I do feel that Gw Micro personnel do need to innovate, and
do need to perhaps learn new ways of becoming freshly and aggressively
competitive. I certainly hope the shark doesn't gobble up everybody, yuck!
Brandon Miller
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