That's right Tom. Your right. So FS has locked the code up now -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+skyt=shaw...@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Tom Kingston via Talk Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2019 6:32 AM To: Sky Mundell via Talk Cc: Tom Kingston Subject: Re: Update for the Chrome browser enhancements app.
Sky, What happened with Window-Eyes has nothing to do with who was the front runner. GW merged with AI and had done an enormous amount of work to integrate Window-Eyes with ZoomText to make transitioning from the magnifier to a screen reader easier. Then FS walked in and offered a pile of cash for the company. Those at the top fought it fiercely. But the board saw dollar signs and said yes. So, FS does own the code. They have no interest in it. And it will never see the light of day. First, their egos won't let them show that Window-Eyes features could make JAWS a better screen reader. And the way the two screen readers are built is very different. The JAWS program is just the critical core elements and it depends heavily on scripts for every day functionality. Window-Eyes is the opposite; scripts are a convenient method to tweak things. Two Window-Eyes developers are running the show at Microsoft for Narrator. So I'm hoping one day it will be a great screen reader. If it gets scripting it will certainly be a game changer. Regards, Tom On 4/4/2019 1:46 AM, Sky Mundell via Talk wrote: > Glad the whole WE community is doing all it can to keep Window-Eyes alive. I > was thinking about it today and what it would had been like if it had been > the front runner. Maybe somebody will hopefully pick up the actual source > code for it and continue development. Does FS now own the source code? If so > then why not put more features from WE into JAWS? Maybe they don't have the > whole code. Something to think about. > -----Original Message----- > From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+skyt=shaw...@lists.window-eyes.com] On > Behalf Of Tom Kingston via Talk > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2019 10:09 PM > To: Curtis Delzer via Talk > Cc: Tom Kingston > Subject: Re: Update for the Chrome browser enhancements app. > > Glad you like it. Happy surfing. > Tom > > > On 4/4/2019 12:47 AM, Curtis Delzer via Talk wrote: >> nice one, less confusing for WE for sure. >> >> thank you for this. >> >> Curtis Delzer >> HS >> W B 6 H E F >> Rialto, CA >> >> On 4/3/2019 8:32 PM, Tom Kingston via Talk wrote: >>> In this version I added the ability to toggle off and on the >>> announcements of suggestions in the address bar as you type. They're >>> on by default. The hot key is F2. The change will be saved. >>> Here's the download link. >>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/j2co234uo3duwjo/chrome.wepm?dl=1 >>> Regards, >>> Tom >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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/curtis%40calwe > b.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/tom.kingston%4 > 0charter.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 >> > _______________________________________________ > 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/tom.kingston%4 0charter.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 > _______________________________________________ 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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