I'm not sure I understand why some here feel this urgent need to switch to another screen reader at this moment.
On 11/26/2016 6:03 PM, Dennis Long via Talk wrote: > Jaws 18 is out and should have a demo. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Talk [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Dave via Talk > Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2016 1:51 PM > To: A I Squared Support > Subject: Future of WE > > I must admit, the Future of Window Eyes does look like it could be very > limited, as in soon to be Discontinued. But, who knows for sure. The > Parent Company might be slow and Cumbersome which makes them slow to do > anything that gets back to the customers Slow to announce new stuff, > slow to bring out Updates, slow to Fix problems etc. > > I too am starting to use NVDA a bit more. On my System, NVDA is just a > touch slower, and I am still not understanding it way of reading parts of > the screen, at least not consistently. > > email, MS Word and the Internet all seem to read well enough. Some times a > bit too much is spoken, and I am still learning how to make NVDA speak less. > > > And to be fair, NVDA is not Free, but you can obtain it for Free, use it, > and if you like it, then the owners and creators of NVDA would love to see a > Donation come their way. Money does motivate the continued improvement of > their product. > > If more money had been coming into GW Micro, then A I Squared would not > have bought GW Micro. and this discussion would never have taken place. > > I doubt if any of us would work for Free indefinitely. And the guys > who have put NVDA together would not put in so much effort into NVDA if they > did not receive enough to make it worth their time and energy. > > The thing about NVDA is that you can donate $50 and the guys will be > grateful. $50 is cheaper than $1300 for JAWS. > > NVDA doesn't do everything JAWS does, but to be honest, I do not need > NVDA to do everything JAWS does. Each person will need to find out if > NVDA will do everything they need it to do. If it doesn't, and we all find > out that Window Eyes is truly Dead, then those needing more will need to > start saving up for their copy of JAWS, whether they like it or not. > > I have two programs that NVDA will not read. Window Eyes will read one of > them, and when JAWS 18 has a Demo, I intend to try it, to see if it > will read both of these programs. If it does, against my will, I will > need to purchase a copy of JAWS. I might object, but if I wish to use > these programs, then I have no choice. > > Time will tell what the Future of Window Eyes will be, and whether or not we > each need to see what we can find to replace a decent and respectable > Screen Reader. > > There are other choices than NVDA and JAWS, although, I know nothing > about them. And since I rarely hear of them, I assume they are not > all that good. Maybe some of you here have experience with some of > the other choices in Screen Readers? > > Grumpy Dave > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/dennisl1982%40 > gmail.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/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
