I'm not sure where this conversation can take us really, but my two pence or two sents worth is to say people are by and large conservative in their use of screen readers and won't change unless there's some really compelling reason to.
I tend to think Window-Eyes has always, well until recently, put people closer to the Windows operating system with it's mouse navigation than seem to be the case in JFW where automated reading via scripts latching on to the JAWS cursor does tend to put them in a safe environment and away from Windows itself. They get used to that and only come unstuck when scripts break due to interface changes. Someone who's got used to exploring dialogues etc with the mouse needn't get sunk in unfamiliar interface surroundings. (Not that you cannot navigate the JAWS cursor yourself as I understand it, but you have to consciously go into that mode to do it, and there seem to be many JFW users who simply don't do that.) Let's not forget the HumanWare Keynote software approach too which suits some folk. I think this links too for me at least with a previous thread we've had on specialist devices here and there's no mistaking it, some blind people do prefer them, in spite of the price (and sometimes it's not the end user who's paying of course!) Has to be said though that some of the most successful hardware devices in the past have been things like the old Eurika braille input notetaker, very much a blind persons device if ever there was one. We could site the Victor Stream as a present day success story in the same mould and who knows if the GW "Sense" products mightn't attract a similar loyal following. Ray Don H wrote: The answer is Support Support Support. GW has it and FS doesn't. -----Original Message----- From: Blake [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 2:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Window-eyes good or bad? Some say that window eyes is a million times better than JFW, some say the other way around. What does everyone (and I mean everybody) think about this one? 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. Ray Don H wrote: The answer is Support Support Support. GW has it and FS doesn't. -----Original Message----- From: Blake [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 2:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Window-eyes good or bad? Some say that window eyes is a million times better than JFW, some say the other way around. What does everyone (and I mean everybody) think about this one? 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.
