I got this from an hj interview cast released.
All the big projects are mentioned the smaller ones were mentioned as
not being that good.
I wander if there is or should be a history of screenreaders since
noone really knows what came first.
jaws was the first big reader.
But all the smaller ones are forgotten.
keynote was the only reader for dos, mastertouch was big.
But the rest I never heard about.
At 11:06 p.m. 29/04/2011, you wrote:
Hi Shaun,
Oh, was it now? I hate to burst your bubble, but Jaws was not the
first screen reader. Just the only one to gain national attention and
claimed they were the first and only one for the blind. this is
exactly the kind of ignorance BSVI and other agencies promote.
For instance, when Windows 3.0/3.1 came out Slimware managed to put
out Windowbridge before Jaws For Windows did. However, the state
agencies were still buying Jaws for Dos since apparently ASAP,
Vocal-Eyes, Dosbridge, etc didn't matter. When Jaws for Windows came
out the state agencies rushed to snap it up even though there was
another screen reader available for Windows at that time which was a
good year or two further along in development.. If we go back to dos
we can see similar things. There were other solutions available before
Jaws for Dos, but it really was the best speech access solution at the
time and that's why BSVI switched and other agencies started buying
it. That's not true any more though.
To give you an example of what I mean. Before I lost my vision I can
remember using an Apple II-E with an Echovox which was out before
Jaws. Granted the thing was a piece of crap, I'm not denying that, but
the fact still remains speech access for the blind was there years
before JFD was on the scene so to speak.
On 4/29/11, shaun everiss <sm.ever...@gmail.com> wrote:
> well It was for a while.
> Just like norton was the best software.
> But it all went down hill sort of.
> No one is the best now in this reguard.
> all readers have the same features.
> jaws has been round the longest and is recognised and recomended by
> most orgs and others as the standard which it is because it was the first.
> I should mention that I am extremely bias having only met about 3
> others like myself in my life well 5.
> All of these bar 1 were in not the best situations.
> Though its fair to say the org I run with is still quite good, it has
> shifted some what from the old days but then everything has to shift
> and I can't really blame it.
> Its still not like the rnib but then its all opinion and I have
> never got anything from them bar books.
> I have just had bad experiencees with various agencies in the past so
> I am more to the against point of view than for.
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