Aloha,
I just spoke to Aaron at Gwmicro and he said that Vocalizer. does not
come with window eyes 8.
Peace,
Manny
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On 12/10/2012 8:21 AM, Bryan Peterson wrote:
Not only that but the price GW is charging for the voices is, in my
view at least, more than reasonable. You can bet Greedom Science
Fiction wouldn't be so reasonable if they'd chosen to charge for
Vocalizer. Their SMA upgrades are far more expensive and if you asked
them for a JAWS payment
plan like what GW offers for Window-Eyes I bet you'd be lucky if you
weren't laughed off the phone.
On 12/10/2012 11:14 AM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote:
Hello Robert, Brice, and Mike, and anyone else who feels shafted as
long time WE users and the new voices. Let's take a moment and talk
about something different. Let's say that Window-Eyes is a car. Yes
yes, blind people don't drive, but humor me for a bit. Pretend that
Window-Eyes is a car and pretend that the DEC voice is a feature of
that car. Now pretend that Vocalizer is another feature of the car.
When you look at in these terms you will see that you are not getting
screwed over as a so-called long time WE user.
If a person purchases a car which is a 2000 model and it comes with
certain features, it's bound to happen that by the time the car
changes enough, and advancements are made, the 2012 model will have
newer and advanced features. Let's say the DEC voice and the
Vocalizer voice are two of these features. Users who never had the
2000 model of the car will purchase the 2012 model and get Vocalizer
with it. Does that mean that the users of the 2000 model are getting
screwed over because the purchasers of the 2012 model get a newer
feature? No, it means that technology advances and changes happen.
The nice thing though, is that GW is allowing an upgrade and older WE
users can still use the new features, but it does cost money. That's
just life.
One could easily turn it all the way around and say that new WE 8
users who have never owned WE are getting screwed because it doesn't
come with DEC and if they want it, they have to pay for it.
If you don't like my car story, then substitute it with something
else. How about a Dell or HP computer. If I have a computer from
several years ago it might have a serial port. Newer computers will
not have a serial port because newer technologies might make it not
necessary. However if I buy a new computer and still want to use a
serial port, I will have to pay extra money to get that feature which
a new user might otherwise not want or pay for.
So in essence, no one is forcing you to purchase these new voices to
use with WE 8. However if you want to use them with WE 8 and you are
a former than WE 8 user, you do have to pay a license fee. Despite
what the JFW lovers might say, voices are not free.
I suppose that if you don't want to pay for the Vocalizer voices, you
could always purchase yourself a new copy of WE8 and it will come
with them. That way you are spending money on WE, not the voices
directly. <smile>.
--
Raul A. Gallegos
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Carlin
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