Re: Accessibility look at Vista

[Richard Gardenhire]

The problem I have with the major players in the windows screen reading 
market is, it seems to me they ae creating a monopoly among themselves, 
either by price gouging or some sort of back door dealings.  I'm not an 
NFB supporter; however, they have made some in-roads with respect to 
accessible websites and access technology.  On the other hand, when a 
company such as Apple shatters the theory of cost-affective 
solutions--notably, VoiceOver, they claim Apple is hurting the 
blindness community.  I say, without question, VoiceOver has 
revolutionized the screen access market by giving blind people yet 
another alternative that fits most of our budgets, and we don't have to 
rely on stte agencies serving the blind, particularly since a lot of 
states are complaing to their legislators about budget cuts made to 
their programs.  On a personal note, if I include the VoiceOver CD, I 
only paid a grand total of $750 for the machine I'm using now; my 
windows laptop cost nearly three times as much, if I were to include 
Jaws 7.1, and with my iMac, I maintain my system, run my lists, and 
even run my wife's Internet business which she's been unable to do in 
the past three weeks, due to illness.  And who knows, but what my wife 
could be converted soon.  Richie Gardenhire, anchorage, Alaska.

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