Re: A little off topic, yet maybe relevant to some

2014-11-24 Thread Jessica Moss
Oh wow, had no idea they made apps for other operating systems as well, but never used them after I switched to the mac platform. I did a tryal subscription when I still used my windows machine, and loved it, and was debating over whether or not to get a paid subscription, but never did it. On

Re: A little off topic, yet maybe relevant to some

2014-11-22 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Wow! That's quite a shame. System Access is a good screenreader and I would hate to see Serotek go belly up and lose those resources that SA and SamNet have. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook On Nov 22, 2014, at 1:22 AM, Pamela Francis gypsykitt...@gmail.com wrote: I follow their Twitter

Re: A little off topic, yet maybe relevant to some

2014-11-22 Thread Juliette Swiler
As a longtime paid subscriber of the mobile network, I am shocked and saddened by this announcement. As myself, like many others depend on their service for our email and other content in the blindness community, including DocuScan plus, iBlink radio, etc., I would surely hate to see this

Re: A little off topic, yet maybe relevant to some

2014-11-22 Thread Jessica Miss
That doesn't make sense; they made great software and other services to go along with it so don't understand why they're splitting up all of a sudden. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 22, 2014, at 12:57 AM, Joe Quinn jdawg1...@gmail.com wrote: Here it is: Serotek, the makers of the System Access

Re: A little off topic, yet maybe relevant to some

2014-11-22 Thread Pamela Francis
What is truly sad, is they have risen to be the beacon of convention coverage and or A T news bragging about how many followers they had, yet are willing in the wink of an eye to pull the rug out from under all of those people who have come to depend on them. Mike Calvo, their founder, is

Re: A little off topic, yet maybe relevant to some

2014-11-22 Thread Mary Otten
It's probably simple. They probably ran out of money. I don't think very many people use their screen reader. And I have no idea how many are on Sam nett. I know I am. I have most of the year left on a subscription. It is really too bad. I will certainly miss them. And I do wish the company

Re: A little off topic, yet maybe relevant to some

2014-11-22 Thread The Believer
Its not like they are alone in this. I see more and more adaptive companies facing more competition from other areas such as Apple. Reality checks do not bounce. From The Believer. . . . . . what if it were true? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 11/22/2014 10:59 AM, Pamela Francis wrote:

Re: A little off topic, yet maybe relevant to some

2014-11-22 Thread Devin Prater
Wow. That’s really a shame. The programmer worked so, so hard! He made apps for the mac, iOS, Android, and System access. Sure it wasn’t all that good, but the services offered, gosh it was the first time I ever heard described programming! On Nov 22, 2014, at 1:22 AM, Pamela Francis

Re: A little off topic, yet maybe relevant to some

2014-11-22 Thread Devin Prater
Um, why did mike Calvo leave? And why a sighted person in place of him? Gosh. All these companies are making way too poor of choices. On Nov 22, 2014, at 12:59 PM, Pamela Francis gypsykitt...@gmail.com wrote: What is truly sad, is they have risen to be the beacon of convention coverage and

Re: A little off topic, yet maybe relevant to some

2014-11-21 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
can you please post the link to the article? On 11/21/2014 10:26 PM, Pamela Francis wrote: Hello folks, For those who don't know and our listeners to the Serotalk podcast, their main team has been fired. If you follow blind bargains on Twitter, they have the article posted there. There is

Re: A little off topic, yet maybe relevant to some

2014-11-21 Thread Joe Quinn
Here it is: Serotek, the makers of the System Access screen reader and the company behind the Serotalk POdcast Network, has parted ways with the majority of their staf, leaving the future of the company in doubt. Those losing their jobs include Buddy Brannan, Ricky ENger, Lisa Salinger, Joe

Re: A little off topic, yet maybe relevant to some

2014-11-21 Thread Pamela Francis
I follow their Twitter feed. Once they realized news had spread like wildfire, they decided to defend themselves as if they were a3 year old child. You cannot tell me five people are going to depart right before the holidays under good terms. As much listenership as they have developed around

RE: A little off topic...

2009-03-12 Thread Simon Fogarty
Are you logging in as the SU or just a user? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: Thursday, 12 March 2009 2:57 a.m. To: MacVisionaries Subject: A little off topic... Hi all: I'm trying to remotely