Hi, Evan,
Someone on this list told about contacting FS for the same
arrangement, and he was told to contact his rehab counselor-all
very well and good if you're going through rehab. Otherwise it's
utterly inane.
Evelyn
----- Original Message -----
From: Evan Reese via Talk <[email protected]
To: "Singing Sparrow" <[email protected]>,"Window-Eyes
Discussion List" <[email protected]
Date sent: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:13:27 -0400
Subject: Re: My Take On things.
One thing I can say for GW Micro was that when I needed a new
screen reader
back in 2007, GW Micro let me pay for Window Eyes on
installments. I could
never have afforded it otherwise. As far as I know, Freedom
Scientific does
not, and never has given people that option.
Evan
-----Original Message-----
From: Singing Sparrow via Talk
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 1:55 PM
To: Window-Eyes Discussion List
Subject: My Take On things.
First of all I am not sure where the idea of SMA for Window Eyes
is
cheaper than the SMA for JAWS. I had a choice of either paying
fifty
dollars for the newest Window Eyes of buying an SMA for two
hundred
dollars and getting the last update free. Window Eyes SMA is
good for
two versions. JAWS SMA for two versions is one hundred eighty
dollars if
you use citrix metaframe or one hundred twenty dollars for Home
Version
of JAWS which is good for two upgrades. Freedom Scientific has
never
said you pay for an upgrade between major versions or buy an SMA.
An
SMA for window eyes is two hundred dollars for two upgrades.
Second of all Window Eyes has gotten rid of what I thought two of
the
best features were. The first is the creation of set files and
the
second is to be able to use the Window Eyes mouse more
proficiently.
Third JAWS runs more smoothly than does Window Eyes at this
point. It
can also start up in Windows 7 without messing up the video
display and
making the screen unseeable.
Fourth while there are still issues with Window Eyes crashing
Explorer
and other programs JAWS does not seem to have that issue.
Fifth I have been a Window Eyes user for better than ten years.
I
switched to it from JAWS and at that time was very pleased but
since
version 9 there seems to be more problems that do not get fixed.
To
avoid dealing with the crashes I did renew my JAWS to current.
Sixth As to tech support most of the time lately you get the same
from
either company. "It is your computer" Ok so sometimes that could
be true
but it is also an easy out.
Seventh It is fine to support a company but one also needs to be
honest
about things. Right now my number one recommendation would be
NVDA. No
screen reader will ever be perfect but when one pays for an SMA
one
should be able to expect improvements that can be noticed.
I can understand why the deal was made. It is indeed about
profit for
your products but maybe Window Eyes should never have had a free
version. Maybe we should have seen at that time there would be
other
major changes that we might not like.
Hopefully both programs will be available so that a person can
choose
which problems they wish to deal with. So yes JAWS does have
some issues
but all screen readers always will
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