i don't like the key assignments for hal.
but anyway, i get to use jaws at home, jaws at school, so

i guess thats really cool in some circomstances.yey!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Scholes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Happy Birthday David ferrin


>
>    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.
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 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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