Dave At risk of being chastised by the moderators, I couldn't restrain myself from replying to his - but only once, I promise.
If a company which started out, driven by some notion of public good as its guiding principle, with profit as a means of meeting its overheads and paying its staff properly, is then taken over by some private equity group, then profit takes over the driving seat, and any notion of public good goes straight out the window. -- Reg <[email protected]> On Thu, 05 Nov 2015 14:50:37 -0800 via Talk <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone else find the extraordinary High Prices of Accessible Software, > something that borders on Insulting, and perhaps Greedy? > > When I can purchase a product off the Shelf for around $200, or a bit > more if I need Professional quality, the $900 price for Open Book just > seems a bit much, as in Too MUCH! > > There is no way I can afford $900 for a Scanning package. > > I even find the prices of Screen Readers to be far too High. When the > software that reads the screen is twice the price of the computer it > will > operate upon, something is wrong there. But given the sales are for a > smallish market, I'll give Screen Reader Companies a reluctant Pass for > their High Pricing. > > However, Open Book could be sold as a product for not only the Blind, > but for the Sighted as well. So Open Book is not limited to just the > Blind community, and the State Agencies that might pay such pricing. > > The Authors of Open Book would need to make their software easy to use > and understand by all users, Price it for the Mass market and not just > for the Blind depending upon State Agency Money to buy it. > > I've been using Omni-Page, and I bought it because I could afford it, > and could not, and would not afford Open Book due to its pricing. > > 4900 for a Scanning Software package that is probably not all that much > more powerful than the Software that comes with the typical Scanner, for > Free! > > > enough of the ridiculous High Prices! > > > -- > Dave <[email protected]> > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/regwebb%40btinternet.com. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
