Hi, again,
If I understand correctly, if you buy everything that comes with Jaws
and that comes with WE automatically, you'll spend somearound $1400.
In addition, their basic price is higher. Maybe it's about time they
provided something with extra charge.
Evelyn
At 03:10 PM 12/10/2012, you wrote:
That doesn't surprise me. Greedom isn't very supportive of its
vic---ahem, customers.
On 12/10/2012 1:04 PM, Evelyn Weckerly wrote:
Hi,
I heard about someone calling FS to ask for that kind of plan. The
person was told to see his rehab counsellor.
Evelyn
At 01:21 PM 12/10/2012, you 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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George Carlin
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