We haven't heard from gw micro on any of this. In fact, I don't think we have heard from them in several days.
-----Original Message----- From: Peter Wolfe [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 4:28 PM To: Samuel Wilkins Cc: gw-info Subject: Re: Off topic - U.S Federal Workers using Window-Eyes? What should a Window-Eyes screen reader user do to obtain a federal job? I'm going to end with this that I never meant to offend anybody on here or anywhere. Seeing how there are so many varing standards or lack of transparency that much on each job posting that its hard to tell to use Window-Eyes or Jaws. Moreover, its also hard to know which Jaws scripts to use not to use or what exactly to use like a braille display or what. Maybe training can happen and all I'm saying is more training needs to occur like what is seen in Little Rock's Lion's World Training Program that is all. Sorry that people think that my writing isn't that great or my typos in a previous posting. I'm just tired of having no correct leadership on what we should do like many other blind people. Fellow blind people who are successful don't lead by example instead they blame us for being lazy or whatever to justify thier circumstances in life. Honestly if I had to do it all over again that I wouldn't have even learnd Window-Eyes cause its not really used almost anywhere that I've been or worked at. This is my official recommendation except for personal use, s new Window-Eyes users don't look for this screen reader to be used that much in the federal government. sincerely, Peter Q Wolfe, BA On 2/5/13, Samuel Wilkins <[email protected]> wrote: > I would have thought that it wouldn't be that difficult to modify the > Jaws scripts to work with Window-Eyes as well. I thought that it is > possible to access the source code from the Jaws scripts. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Baracco, Andrew W [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 04 February 2013 18:24 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Off topic - U.S Federal Workers using Window-Eyes? > > 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. 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