I spoke to a Microsoft engineer at an NFB conventions shortly after
VoiceOver was released. He told me, and I have no way to know if this
was the case that the NFB told Microsoft to back off making Narrator
a screen reader as the NFB felt that in doing so Microsoft would kill
the screen reader market for Jaws and WindowEyes.
He further said that they felt that they got sandbagged by the whole
thing given that they backed off only to have Apple turn around and
release VoiceOver. In effect the NFB put Microsoft at a competitive
disadvantage.
Greg Kearney
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On Jan 17, 2008, at 3:56 PM, Josh de Lioncourt wrote:
Well, I don't think Apple would've submitted to NFB in any case.
Microsoft is all about catering to large organizations and
corporations. Look at the Universal deal. For every Zune player
Microsoft sells, they give Universal a pay-off. Insanity.
Josh de Lioncourt
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On 17 Jan, 2008, at 2:52 PM, James Austin wrote:
To be fair, NFB were the ones who told MS not to continue
development on their own Screen Reader. The reason Apple have
carried on with their own development was because they never
informed NFB
