Hi Jeremy. I can personally speak to this from a adaptive technology trainer perspective. In my opinion, Fusion is going to be a big player in the windows market and sooner or later their will be no need for people who have low vision to spend out on buying a screen reader because they'll have Window-Eyes and zoomtext in a single package.
-----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joseph Norton via Talk Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 11:53 AM To: Jeremy Curry; Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: Re: WE Vs. Fusion Hi Jeremy: First, great job on Fusion. Although I am not a user of low vision products, I just had to check out fusion and see how well the screen-reader part worked. I can't answer which hotkeys didn't work with the other user, but, I can tell you about a couple minor issues which you may be aware of. I don't know if this is appropriate for the "Talk" list, so, will not keep posting about this too much. First, the new Learning Center is fantastic! And, the Tutor mode will be great for newbies who use the screen-reader part also. Also, if a person buys Fusion, and, looses his/her sight (not that we want that to happen), or maybe their eyes get tired, they definitely are benefited by paying for Fusion. Worst case scenario, they get the Magnification product, and, if they need it later, they've already got a great screen-reader and they probably wouldn't need to pay $895 for Window-Eyes. I guess one can look at the pricing in 2 ways. One, if you want ZoomText, but, might need Window-Eyes, you get Window-Eyes for $400 extra. If you want Window-Eyes, but, need magnification for a while, you get the magnification for $100 extra. Reason I say this, is, if you bought ZoomText for $595 then Window-Eyes for $895, that's about $1700. So, if you buy Fusion you're saving about $800 and getting the best of both worlds. Anyway, the 2 issues I most noticed were these: When installing the product, the program sometimes interrupts the setup wizard to check for app updates, then, the user will have to manually enable the wizard again if they want to use it. This behavior doesn't happen all the time, so, it may be hard to track down, but, thought I'd mention it. Also, the hotkey Insert+f4 does not shut down the program as listed (however, I'll have to read the manual to see what it says about that key). I changed to the Window-Eyes default layout just to see if that made any difference, but, it didn't. I wish I could comment on the magnification side of things, but, I am totally blind. I just had to try out Fusion to see what it was like from my point of view. Here's to the introduction of a great product which gives the user the best of both worlds. Thanks for your time! On 2/17/16, Jeremy Curry via Talk <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Reeva, > > Thank you for responding to this message on the list, and I am glad > you are liking ZT Fusion. Would you be able to tell me what app hot > keys you had to change? If we missed any keys, I want to make sure we > address this in the future. > > Thanks! > > Jeremy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Talk > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Reeva Webb via Talk > Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 7:12 PM > To: Joseph Norton; Window-Eyes Discussion List > Subject: Re: WE Vs. Fusion > > Hi, approaching the end of my fusion trial. There's we key layout you > can change fusion to in settings. That's the first thing I changed. > It's pretty much we and zt working good together finally. Outside of a > couple app hot keys i had to change there was no issue for me going > from using we and zt together as seperate products to fusion. > Unfortunately, there isn't a way to just restart the screenreader > part. You have to restart the whole program, which takes forever most > likely due to the zt part though > ai2 said a update was ciming to help with this issue. I like it. If you're > in the Really low vision boat like me and rely mostly on speech but still > use magnifacation for some things fusion is a program i suggest buying. > > Reeva > > On Tuesday, February 16, 2016, Joseph Norton via Talk < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi: >> >> >> >> Haven't seen much on this list, but, I'm curious about fusion. >> >> >> >> How much like Window-Eyes is fusion if you turn off the ZoomText >> functionality? >> >> >> >> Looks rather similar, but, the hotkeys are different and I don't seem >> to see an option to restart the screen reader if things lock up. >> >> >> >> Otherwise, I almost have the feel I'm running Window-Eyes whenever I >> just use the screen reader part. >> >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/jadedan >> g >> elpromises%40gmail.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/jcurry%40aisqu ared.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/joseph.norton% 40gmail.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. 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