Sandra, The issue is that some government agencies use proprietary applications that use nonstandard controls and no screen reader will work well with them out of the box. The agencies have paid for JAWS scripts to be written to make them usable. I would imagine that the same could be done for WE, and in fact, has been done in the past, I believe, but in this era of funding reductions, I would doubt that they could afford to pay for scripting for multiple screen readers.
Andy -----Original Message----- From: sandra fouts [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 11:22 PM To: Peter Wolfe; gw-info Subject: Re: Off topic - U.S Federal Workers using Window-Eyes? That's terrible. Leave it to the feds to pick the most expensive program to go with. Aeb ought to be shamed of them selves forgoing along with this. excuse, WSB. Jeff, I'm surprised they let you use window-eyes at work. I would thought the people at WSB would tell the IRS there's more than one screen reader. -----Original Message----- From: Peter Wolfe Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 6:44 PM To: gw-info Subject: Off topic - U.S Federal Workers using Window-Eyes? Dear all, Does anyone on here work for the U.S federal government using Window-Eyes at work? In many many conversations wih people and programs that I've attended, it appears that JAWS has a federal contract with the federal government. I'm not trained with JAWS Screen Reader, so would like to know your advice on whether its worth my while to learn JAWS or not for federal employment. I'm just so annoyed that I was trained with Window-Eyes and its not even used almost anywhere of employment. Can somebody or anybody give me advice on what to freakin do. Right now I'm blamed for not knowing JAWS for the IRS training program, so I couldn't complete it impart cause of it. This is where the government in my view screws up by picking losers and winnersx in things. I wish that Window-Eyes and JAWS could work in the federal government. However, the IRS in particular thinks that Window-Eyes isn't as powerful as JAWS. I've had two separate occasions had Window-Eyes through the Small Business Administration and another internship in D.C. How many freakin screen readers must we know what should we know or what can we do? I'm so so tired of the confusing mess of the disorganized Vocational Rehabilitation programs that they are obviously failures and us students are blamed for it? Thanks for listening just I want work with my social science degree just that not even SPSS softwares and other necessary softwares don't currently work with Window-Eyes or JAWS and there is no clear answers or standards of what we should know to obtain a job or anything. Thanks, Peter 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. 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.
