Unfortunately, JAWS was and still is always the screen reader of choice for voc rehab. Due to this, other products like Window-Eyes had a harder time of getting to the top due to JAWS having the lead in the market. The reason why JAWS came into existence in the first place was that Ted Henter, who originally developed it, found shortcomings in the other dos products. He used one called Vert but he found shortcomings in Vert so he got an investor and he developed JAWS for dos and then for windows. There are a lot of people where I live who have never even tried Window-Eyes before. Some do own it but the majority of them have always used JAWS right from the start and they don't see the need to change screen readers. They probably might stick with JAWS until the day they die.
-----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+skyt=shaw...@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Brenda via Talk Sent: Friday, July 14, 2017 5:32 PM To: Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: Window-Eyes as a trend setter anda question Good evening list tonite I was surfing the Blind Tech Podcasts on my iPhone and came across a very depressing one dated May 26 where they were talking about in with the new and out with the old and how Window-eyes is no more. One of them stated words to the effect that VFO wanted everyone to use one screen reader. Also, mention was made of Jaws market share (my words) in the voc rehab community. I'm wondering if Window-Eyes will be the beginning of a trend where awesome technology gets gobbled up and lost in the future. I ask this because I'm toying with purchasing Sendero's Seeing Eye GPS-Xt app. Thing is, Sendero lists a bunch of companies they are somehow affiliated with - and one of those companies is Hims which used to be affiliated with GW. Hims used to make the book Sense, but that has changed into a product called, I think, Blaze, probably no more support for Book Sense although, like W-E, it is probably still in use. Hims-GW -- Window-eyes gone. could Hims-Sendero mean the Seeing Eye GPs XT app will be short lived? This may seem like an off topic question, but being Window-Eyes loyal users perhaps listers will best understand my concern and perhapsprovide me with some input. I'm a little leary of spending cash (even at the discounted convention price) only to find my chosen technology disappear or left unsupported in a few years. I look forward to any feedback on or off list. Brenda _______________________________________________ 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/skyt%40shaw.ca . 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
