I agree, the old versions were a bit strange in the way they handeled
certain things, but I know for a fact that the later versions of Hal and
Supernova are quite good as far as screen reading goes. But, I suppose that
its just a perssonal preference, I used Supernova as my screen reader for
many years successfully, however as I did not keep up to date with all of
the upgrades, it became unusable with newer things like IE 7. However I have
used the most up-to-date version, and it works just as well as any other
screen reader, if not better in some areas. But, that's just my opinion.
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From: "Chris Hallsworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 6:47 PM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Happy Birthday David ferrin
> 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
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
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