Hello Joe, Unfortunately, in companies and government agencies, there may be some very good reasons for having only one screen reader and screen magnification vendor as things currently stand. Imagine the need to configure and script specific, customized employer applications for 2 or 3 different solutions? All the same, I do hope GW Micro will be able to make some serious inroads into companies and government agencies now that scripting is available and, IMHO, far superior to anything offered by FS.
----- Original Message ----- From: "joe lanier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Ray Campbell'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 8:18 AM Subject: RE: this legal action Ray, You are absolutely right. In the rehab world, most clients can choose their adaptive software and hardware. Unfortunately, not all agencies tell their clients or have influence over their choices. CLB is one of the exceptions in that they do an awsome job demonstrating most, if not all, options on the market. In other government entities such as IRS or SSA, the GSA(General Services Administration) has a set list of vendors that may provide adaptive stuff to employeees. To the best of my knowledge, FS has soul source for screen enlargement and speech software. I have worked as an I.T. consultant for a lot of companies. I have found that quite a few have soul sourced FS and are extremely reluctant to consider other options. I am sure there other market segments that I havn't mentioned. One more point and I will leave it alone. Jaws does some things very well and so does Window-Eyes. I know many who have chosen to have both available. I like Window-Eyes for many reasons. Mostly having to do with the nature of my work. Warm Regards. Joe Lanier -----Original Message----- From: Ray Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 8:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: this legal action Hi Sunshine: Interesting points here. You mentioned how most rehab agencies do not give clients a choice in screen reader. Just so everyone is aware, the Rehabilitation Act as Amended provides that consumers should have choices in their rehabilitation programming. I would think that choice would apply to the screen reading technology the consumer is provided. Thanks, Ray Campbell, Help Desk Technician Adaptive Technology Center Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired 1850 W. Roosevelt Road Chicago, IL 60608 312-997-3651 (Voice/Relay) or 888-825-0080 (voice/Relay) [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM Screen Name: tclhelp If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message.
