I agree here. I tried a demo of Hal once, and it wasn't very good on the net, and it spoke too much when using Windows Live Messenger. I gave up the demo after it decided to expire on me prematurely, and will never touch it again, unless there's been vast improvements that makes me want to try it again, but I sincerely doubt it. Just my two pence worth.
At 17:54 05/01/2008, you wrote: >yes, james, you rase a good point. >i'm curious, what screenreader he used before. >I tell you, its window-eyes, because at that time, they did not have hal in >america. >in the UK, we have had it for ages. >i don't intend to offend anyone, but i really think hal is a really instable >and rubbish screenreader in terms of reading things properly. > >orhan. >----- Original Message >----- >From: "James Scholes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 5:43 PM >Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Happy Birthday David ferrin > > > > Happy birthday from me as well. Which screen reader did you buy that you > > weren't happy with, if you don't mind me asking? > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > From: "David Ferrin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 2:41 PM > > To: <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Happy Birthday David ferrin > > > >> Thanks to everybody for the good wishes this day. In case anybody is > >> interested it's number 49 as a matter of fact. We all owe the creation of > >> this list ETC to my wife for first introducing me to JAWS back in 1996. > >> She > >> didn't want me to be left behind in the world of technology and that's > >> when > >> she made the discovery of the 30 day trial program that the then Henter > >> Joyce company offered for $39.95. Before meeting her I bought a screen > >> reader for $995 that was absolutely worthless and it made me very > >> discouraged regarding Windows and computers in general. There was no way > >> in > >> the world I was going to pay for another such program without at least > >> first > >> trying it out to see if it worked or not. The rest as they say is > >> history, > >> between self teaching and learning from others who are much smarter than > >> I > >> am I've learned what I know today. Also I must credit this list for > >> forcing > >> me to learn a lot of new things like writing my own HTML code ETC. So to > >> celebrate I'm taking the day off, it's out to lunch and then just goofing > >> off this afternoon. Have a great day to all and thank you again. > >> David Ferrin > >> www.jaws-users.com > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Ray Boyce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 3:48 AM > >> Subject: [JAWS-Users] Happy Birthday David ferrin > >> > >> > >>> Hi All > >>> Yes it is David's Birthday, our own list creator and moderator so on > >>> behalf > >>> of all list members I would like to Wish You a Very Happy Birthday. > >>> > >>> Regards > >>> Ray > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > >>> http://www.jaws-users.com > >>> Address for the list archives: > >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > >>> To post to this group, send email to > >>> [email protected] > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > >>> or body of a blank message to: > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> Use the following form in order to contact the management team > >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > >>> If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > >>> following address: > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >> > >> > >> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > >> http://www.jaws-users.com > >> Address for the list archives: > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > >> To post to this group, send email to > >> [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > >> or body of a blank message to: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Use the following form in order to contact the management team > >> http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > >> If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > >> following address: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > > http://www.jaws-users.com > > Address for the list archives: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > > or body of a blank message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > > following address: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >http://www.jaws-users.com >Address for the list archives: >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >To post to this group, send email to >[email protected] >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the >subject or body of a blank message to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Use the following form in order to contact the management team >http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php >If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to >the following address: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
