As in the rest of life, one size does NOT fit all. As long as the
job gets done with a minimum of fuss, no harm, no foul. People with
vision work that way, why can't we?--Matthew Chao
At 08:50 AM 2/8/2013, Sandra Fouts wrote:
Amen!
-----Original Message-----
From: Marcie Brink-Chaney [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 12:16 AM
To: Andre Vosloo
Cc: 'Samuel Wilkins'; [email protected]
Subject: Re: Off topic - U.S Federal Workers using Window-Eyes?
I work for Visually Handicapped Services which is a program to train
people to be able to use adaptive software to access their
computers. I personally think that no state or federal government
agency should require the use of one software access program over
another. Consumers are supposed to have a choice in the vocational
rehabilitation programs funded by the federal government and to me,
only one screen reading or magnification program purchased or
recommended is no choice. Even the way the criteria for training by
the agency we are contracted to for rehabilitation services states
that a person should receive training for JAWS and does not mention
any other adaptive software programs and this includes magnification
is unacceptable. As for the lack of support for Window Eyes or Jaws,
I have never had any problems getting help from GW Micro and I think
there is something wrong when our IT people have been told that they
must call technical support because they are having problems
installing Jaws 11.00. These are the computer gurus and they can't
install JAWS without having problems? They didn't have any problems
that I couldn't help them with when they installed Window Eyes
after the upgrade to Windows 7. Not that I want to put
accessibility software companies out of business, but, like Apple,
all computers should have accessibility for everyone out of the box!!!
Marcie Brink-Chaney CVRT
Onn 2/4/2013 3:24 AM, Andre Vosloo wrote:
> Same situation in SA. I tried to convince one of the government
> departments here to use WE, to no avail. The vendor which sells the
> product tells them there is no support for WE, but there is support
> for the shark. I am not surprised, given the amounts he gets
paid extra to do scripting.
>
> Regards
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Samuel Wilkins [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: 04 February 2013 10:15 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: Off topic - U.S Federal Workers using Window-Eyes?
>
> Unfortunately, this is not the case everywhere. Here in the UK, as
> far as I know, the major governing bodies only use Jaws and Supernova,
> and they do not know anything about Window-Eyes because of the
> relatively small marketing it has received in the UK. However, I
could be wrong.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Riehl [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: 04 February 2013 02:01
> To: [email protected]; 'Peter Wolfe'; 'gw-info'
> Subject: RE: Off topic - U.S Federal Workers using Window-Eyes?
>
> JAWS is used a lot throughout the Federal Government but it does not
> have a "contract" with the Federal government. I am a Fed and I use
> both JAWS and Windoweyes.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reinhard Stebner [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 8:30 PM
> To: 'Peter Wolfe'; 'gw-info'
> Subject: RE: Off topic - U.S Federal Workers using Window-Eyes?
>
> I am using both window-eye and JAWS and I am a contractor with HHS.
> What would you like to know?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Wolfe [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 7:45 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
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