Actually, even the price of accessibility has gone down in windows, system access is much cheaper, and NVDA is free. Because of this, for most users, there's little reason to purchase one of the expensive screen readers. On Apr 29, 2011, at 4:51 AM, Scott Howell wrote:
> I disagree the Mac is ridiculously priced. In fact the cost of ownership for > a Mac user will be less than a PC user. Sure you pay more on the front-end, > but the cost of upgrading the OS, applications, and so forth is less, and you > are getting a more quality product for your dollar. There is a price for > innovation and quality, so I digress from the thread, but let me toss in the > final note that if you had to purchase a windows screen reader with that PC, > you would pay about the same price. :) > > On Apr 29, 2011, at 2:33 AM, brandt wrote: > >> Hi there, >> >> Yes, $299 is a fair bit of money, but how many actually went and bought open >> Book or something similar back when ever for 3 ore 4 times more? My biggest >> complaint is not the cost of software but the ridiculous prices of Mac >> computers. I can and probably will go the Hakintosh route just because of >> that. >> >> Warm regards, >> >> Brandt Steenkamp >> >> If you like country, oldies and the occasional modern track, you can tune in >> to my show, "an Eclectic mess" every Wednesday afternoon at 3 PM UTC by >> going to www.TheGlobalVoice.info >> >> Contact me: >> >> Skype: brandt.steenkamp007 >> MSN: [email protected] >> Google talk/AIM: [email protected] >> Twitter @brandtsteenkamp >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: E.J. Zufelt >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 5:23 AM >> Subject: Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on >> the mac app store. >> >> I know nothing at all about this app. But, I suspect that a significant >> portion of the cost is related to licencing a OCR SDK >> >> >> Everett Zufelt >> http://zufelt.ca >> >> Follow me on Twitter >> http://twitter.com/ezufelt >> >> View my LinkedIn Profile >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/ezufelt >> >> >> >> On 2011-04-28, at 10:05 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: >> >>> Hello Listers. >>> DocuScan is now mac compatible and can be found on the mac app store. >>> Don't get too excited though, unless you have $299.00 to burn on it. >>> Hope this actually benefits someone. >>> the Infuriated Matt Campbell. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
