He said MAGic was a good product lollollollollol
On Thursday, June 16, 2016, Chris Skarstad via Talk < [email protected]> wrote: > I heard it, and really, what do you expect the guy to say? > > Of course he's going to say everything's ok for now, which it is. Look > folks, the sun came up this morning, our computers are all working, > Window-eyes is still running, your fave sports team played a game last > night and, depending on how they did they either won or lost. In other > words, things haven't changed drasticly due to this new business decision. > If you really enjoy using AI Squared's products, please keep supporting > them as long as you can by purchasing their products if you need to do so > or just send them a nice email of encouragement. If some of you knew how > small of a space this is, you'd understand why this had to happen. I don't > like it when a giant company eats a small one up. But remember a tiny lil > company from St. Petersburg called Henter-Joyce? The same exact thing > happened to them and JAWS is still around. Wether you like JAWS or not is > the opinion of each person reading this and that's up to you. I said all > that to say, just wait this thing out and see what happens. For the next 6 > months or so things will work as normal. If something happens, we'll keep > with it. We blind folks are certainly good enough to keep with the changes > around us. If we weren't we'd still be using abacuses to do math, or punch > cards for computers. Clearly, we're a better bunch than that. For now, > everything is fine. We'll see what happens next year, and we'll roll with > it. Relax, folks! > > > > > > > > On 6/16/2016 3:03 AM, Nick Sarames via Talk wrote: > >> There are many blind people who use Jaws, and apparently they are >> satisfied with it. If it were the worst product in the world, it wouldn't >> still exist. >> >> On 6/15/2016 10:38 PM, Darrell Bowles via Talk wrote: >> >>> Oh goodness. Everything's good, it's all great, and no one should panic. >>> I've heard that before... >>> >>> Darrell Bowles >>> Assistive Technology Trainer >>> Pelissippi State Community College >>> 8656613917 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Talk [mailto:[email protected]] >>> On >>> Behalf Of Marc Solomon via Talk >>> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 8:50 PM >>> To: Window-Eyes Discussion List <[email protected]> >>> Subject: David Wu interview >>> >>> For those interested, here is a link to a recent interview with David Wu, >>> former Ai Squared CEO/VP of Software Business at VFO: >>> >>> http://podcast.freedomscientific.com/FSCast/episodes/FSCast127-David_Wu.mp3 >>> >>> Sent with AquaMail for Android >>> http://www.aqua-mail.com >>> >>> >>> On June 15, 2016 8:25:07 PM Sky Mundell via Talk >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> But I bet if or when Narrator does have scripting kapabilities, >>>> Dancing dots, and or Hartgen consultancy could make the scripts work >>>> with >>>> >>> Narrator. >>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Talk [mailto:[email protected]] On >>>> Behalf Of Andy Baracco via Talk >>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 5:14 PM >>>> To: Larry Higgins; Window-Eyes Discussion List >>>> Subject: Re: Think Business >>>> >>>> There are larger forces at work here. For one thing, smart phones and >>>> tablets are replacing computers for many people. Many find that they >>>> can do what they need to do with their smart phone or tablet, along >>>> with consumption of content like music, videos, games, and sporting >>>> events. My wife has an aging PC that she has not got around to >>>> replacing because she is >>>> >>>> doing everything with her iPhone, and is considering buying an iPad as >>>> opposed to a PC. Many blind persons prefer a dedicated note taker to a >>>> PC, and today's generation of note takers are not so dedicated anymore. >>>> And as for those blind persons who use PCs, the free screen reader >>>> NVDA is no longer a curiosity but is a viable solution for many home >>>> PC users. PCs are still essential in the workplace, but the blind >>>> population is growing older, and many who have worked are retiring. >>>> And Apple continues to be an alternative solution for blind persons. >>>> The demand for PC based screen reading software is decreasing, and >>>> there just isn't enough demand to support several competing products. >>>> I think that eventually advanced screen reader capability will be >>>> built into Windows narrator and the AT companies will make their money >>>> on hardware such as note takers, braille displays, and >>>> >>>> low vision solutions. >>>> >>>> Andy >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Larry Higgins via Talk >>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 3:40 PM >>>> To: Mickey ; Window-Eyes Discussion List >>>> Subject: Re: Think Business >>>> >>>> AMEN! >>>> >>>> On 6/15/2016 1:29 PM, Mickey via Talk wrote: >>>> >>>>> I probably shouldn't chime in on this, but I doubt if >>>>> the people at Window-Eyes had a lot to say about this sale. The >>>>> parent compan is AI Squared, and I'm sure they made the decision. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> No, the good people at WE sold to AI Squared because they kept their >>>>> prices affordable, and it's hard to feed a family on affordability. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The men and women who worked for WE and AI Squared were dedicated, >>>>> caring people. Unfortunately, big business gets the nod. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I've been a GW customer for 22 years, and love it. Don't forget all >>>>> the times they helped us out of jams, and not only in working hours. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> There was no betrayal here, simply economics. At least we still have >>>>> WE for now, and we need to stop giving the wrong people grief. >>>>> Granted, we think they're there to please us, and they have, for many >>>>> years. But I suspect they couldn't do it alone any more. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thank you Doug, Dan, Chris, Marc, and all the people I've missed for >>>>> exemplary service. May it continue! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Mickey Prahin >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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/larryhig >>>> gins22 >>>> %40comcast.net. >>>> >>>>> >>>>> 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/wq6r%40s >>>> ocal.r >>>> r.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 >>>> >>>> I'm not wearing a diaper, so don't try to change me. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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/skyt%40s >>>> haw.ca >>>> . >>>> 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/msolomon%40ais >>> quared.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/dgbowles%40msn >>> .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/nicksarames%40msn.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/rascal0826%40verizon.net >> . >> 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/jadedangelpromises%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 > -- "The world has been against you from day one, tomorrow's never promised, night has just begun, so sing with me we're all fucked" Walls Of Jericho Reeva _______________________________________________ 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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