Hi Bryan, I have to agree with you totally. This attitude towards alternative screen readers has got to stop. Even the school that I got jaws from is turning to WE in the spring this year. Its time to look towards the future and forget about the past.
-----Original Message----- From: Bryan Peterson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2014 7:48 AM To: Chris Skarstad; [email protected] Subject: Re: Functionality of the MS-Office Version of Win-Eyes That sounds like most Commissions for the Blind, at least all the ones I've ever had dealings with. LOL. And being a Nav brat I've dealt with a lot of them over te years. None of them wouldhesitate to misiform theirclients to keep them from engaging in nonconformist behavior such as, I don't know, using a screen reader other than JAWS. Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering? -----Original Message----- From: Chris Skarstad Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2014 8:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Functionality of the MS-Office Version of Win-Eyes Wow, way to spread misinformation, huh? Obviously they didn't even listen to either of the webinars GW Micro presented, because it was made abundantly clear that it works from everywhere, not just within office itself. I hate when this happens because now, you have a bunch of people thinking Window-eyes only works within office and nowhere else, which simply is not true. Doncha just love it when people run their mouth without oh, gosh, I dunno, checking their facts? Great isn't it? Not. On 2/8/2014 9:41 AM, Louis wrote: > Yesterday, at a tech-user's meeting in NH, the Win-Eyes version that > is available with MS-Office was discussed, and we were told that it > does not work in all programs, only within the Office suite, and, for > example, it does not work when using Notepad or Wordpad, for instance. > I would really like to know if this is true. I am a long-time > Win-Eyes user, and of course, spoke up for my Win-Eyes, but we are > definitely in the minority up here, so I was quickly squelched. I was > told they had sat in and asked questions at the Webinar led by GW and > had pinned them down on this point. So, GW, is this true? If I bought > a new computer with an acceptable version of Office on it, would I > discover that I had no speech as soon as I brought up Wordpad or > Notepad, or How about in Windows Explorer!? This surely does not fit > my first impression of this Microsoft/GW offer. It wouldn't affect > me; I'll probably always pay for my copy, because I like Win-Eyes, and > believe in supporting the company producing it, but I'd like to know > my facts when I open my mouth and put my foot in it! > > Louis Gosselin > > > 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. 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.
