Well, I guess I’ve fought it for as long as I can. I’ve refused for several years to consider switching to a Mac, but with the apparent demise of Window Eyes, and Jaws sucking as it always has, I’m going to be making the switch. I’ve been a loyal WE user since 2004, but it seems that it’s time to teach an old dog new tricks. lol. I can take my I phone or my I pad mini and have no problem using programs like Netflix, Slink, and other websites using Voice Over, that WE and Jaws say hey can’t because the sites aren’t accessible. I think I’ll keep one of my Windows PC’s with WE on it just so I can look back and think of all the money I spent just to be left with my thumb up my nose. When I think of the money I’ve spent maintaining a screen reader, and now the built in screen reader with the IOS works great with all those websites that were called by tech support for Jaws and window eyes “inaccessible”.. I know I may catch some flack for this, but it’s the truth none the less.I guess VFO thinks they’ve cornered the market on Screen readers, but I refuse to do business with them, because of who they are and who they are connected with. I started out with Windows 95 and JFW back in 1995, and I used Jaws up untill 2004 when a friend of mine and myself started building a web site, he was a WE user and I a Jaws user. I couldn’t do some of the thing with jaws and Freedom Scientific’s tech support told me it was because the page builder I was usin was “inaccessible”, but my buddy with Window eyes could do it. I started using WE to work on the website and as I got used to it I began using is more and more for other things. I found that WE worked “out of the box” with more programs than Jaws did. So, in 2004 I became a Window eyes user. now I’m sad to say that the same type of thing has happened, except this time is between Window eyes Windows and Voice Over and Mac. I will be buying my first Mac in a couple of months and telling WE and Windows goodby. _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared.
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