This is all about bulk purchase of license by the government. Wen it would come to procurement, we will need to lay down specifications on what we really want from a screen reading software and then which ever company can provide all such specifications at lowest cost to the government, that can be purchased.
This is worth pursuing with the government Thanks Dipendra -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Aman Preet Singh Sent: 07 August 2018 13:53 To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Subject: Re: [AI] JAWS Screen Reader and ZoomText Screen Magnification Software Now Freely Available in Hungary for Visually impaired Hello! Are the softwares available for free in India also? If yes please tell how can we get the softwares for free? With kind regards Aman. Mobile 9878939098 On Tue, Aug 7, 2018, 12:55 PM Aravind R <aravind.andhrab...@gmail.com> wrote: > JAWS Screen Reader and ZoomText Screen Magnification Software Now > Freely Available in Hungary for Visually Impaired > Source: > https://www.freedomscientific.com/About/News/Article/197 > > (Barendrecht, NL and St. Petersburg, FL, USA - July 30, 2018) Freedom > Scientific is pleased to announce its partnership with IT Foundation > for the Visually Impaired - INFOALAP in Hungary, to provide the > world’s most popular screen reader, JAWS®, and screen magnifier > ZoomText®, at no cost to individuals and organizations throughout > Hungary. > This important milestone follows similar announcements to provide free > access to JAWS and ZoomText: in 2014, by the Colombian Government for > all citizens of Colombia; and in 2016, by ONCE in Spain for all ONCE > members. With today’s announcement, individuals and legal entities > that educate and employ visually impaired persons, will gain free > access to these assistive technology products, each with over 25 years > of history, improving access to Microsoft® Windows® and the > applications they wish to use. > "Working closely with our partners, we are excited to expand the reach > of fully localized versions of JAWS and ZoomText to users in other > countries. We have had a presence in Hungary in the past, but this > agreement will greatly enable access to our empowering technology for > all Hungarian citizens," explained Miguel Abdo, Vice President, > Software Business Division of VFO™, the company behind Freedom > Scientific. > About Freedom Scientific > Freedom Scientific is a leading worldwide brand of assistive > technology products for those with vision impairments. Since 2015, > Freedom Scientific is part of VFO™. VFO has its headquarters in the > USA and the Netherlands, and offices in Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, > Germany and the United Kingdom. Through VFO's multi-tier distribution, > Freedom Scientific products are available in more than 70 countries > worldwide. > Freedom Scientific® and its products are registered trademarks in the > United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies > and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their > respective owners. > > > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org > .in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking > of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its > veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the > mails sent through this mailing list.. > Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
