Hi: I hardly expect that Microsoft will put its own screen reader into Windows version 8, because they have been working hand in hand with GW Micro throughout the development of Windows 7, Windows Vista and Office 7. Why not leave well enough alone. After all, GW Micro has been in the Screen Reading business for some 20 years now. Kevin Huber
On 8/28/10, Louis <[email protected]> wrote: > Kieth I agree with you. A screen reader is by definition a program > that reads material on the screen. It is not an email program. Sure we > want a tool that can do all the things we want of it but that is > unfortunately not possible. In my experience Window Eyes is a great > product and GW Micro is a great company with excelent customer > support. This list, script central, and a human voice helping you with > your problem when you call GW in a prompt and efficient manner are a > few examples that GW shines above the competition. Sure Script Central > is intended to be a community effort but it shows that GW is > passionate about accessibility and realizes their weaknesses and > believe that users should know about them. What company do you know > would say "Hey, we won't be abel to work on scripts for our product > but we'll let you so you can make the product better and customize it > to your own taste while we make under the hood improvements to the > product." I know of very few companies that do this so don't criticize > GW for the faults of Microsoft. They're doing what they can to make > WLM accessible. If you don't like it then write a script yourself, or > if you're someone like me who doesn't know anything about scripting > ask or hire someone to write a better script for you or use a > different program. Let's not make this a bigger issue then it needs to > be. Kieth if you can elaborate on why Window Eyes might die with > Windows 8 I would very much like to hear it. Thanks for reading. > Louis > 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. > > GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can > manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. > > 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. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
