To be fair, a new copy of WE isn't significantly less expensive than Jaws. That said, price was a contributing factor in my decision to purchase WE back in 2001. Back then, I paid basically the same price for my PC as I did for WE. The only reason PCs have gone significantly down in price is the market isn't all that interested.
On 12/17/2016 8:27 PM, Dave via Talk wrote: > Veronica, for me it is more of a personal thing. JAWS does a very good > job at reading screens, and in some cases it does a better job than > Window Eyes. > > But, JAWS in my experience has very poor Support for its program, and > they always want Money Money Money for their latest and greatest upgrade, > and sometimes their latest upgrade is more like an Update, andcx isn't > all that much better than what you had bfore you spend an extra $200. Then > they put a Copywrite protection on their program so an owner has trouble > installing on more than one or two Systems. > > And JAWS always seemed to be just a bit Buggy, and I hate it when I > loose speech, and I cannot tell if it was Window Eyes or something else > in my system that caused the system lock up. > > I am Joking, but I do understand that Blind people are all Thieves and > we would steal the Copper Penny's covering our dear Grandmother's eyes, > as she awaits her funeral, if we only could find her without someone > taking our hand and leading us up to the old girl. > > Of course JAWS selling their program for over $1000 has nothing to do > with the desperation of many who are Blind. > Here is something to think about- > I am going to go out to the Computer Store tonight, and Purchase a Quad > Core 3.4 I5 System with 16 GB of RAM, and a 750 GB Hard Drive, for $250. > > We have a store here called Re-PC that takes in used systems, tests them > and puts them up for sale. > So I can buy a used system for $250, and I think the Pro edition of JAWS > is over $1200, maybe someone here can correct this figure. > > When the Screen Reader costs four or almost five times as much as the > computer it will run upon, guess I have a problem with that. > > And I know JAWS is a Company that is to make a profit for the owners, > and making a healthy profit is something I have no problem with a > Company doing. But there is the Greed factor that tends to raise its > uglyhead, and that is when a Company will charge what they believe the > Market will bare. And with most program sales getting paid for by our > Government, the same government that will pay $600 for a Toilet Seat, > why not charge Uncle SAM $1200 for a screen Reader program? After all, > Uncle SAM is good for it, even though few people who are Blind can > afford it, with most living on minimum wage jobs, or some level of > Social Security. > > JAWS as a program, does many things right, and even better than Window > Eyes, in some cases. > > I just never liked their method of doing business, or how they > interacted with their customers. > > I stayed with GW Micro largely because they were a great group of people > to work and deal with when you needed to do so. From the days of DOS to > just before the purchasing of GW Micro by A I Squared I felt their > customer service and program support was very very good. And there were > times when the guys could not fix what ever my issue was at the time. > But, they didn't just ignore my situation, or mock me for having a > problem. > > I almost always found Window Eyes to be a very reliable program, and so > when I did have those times when my system would freeze or lock up, I > was prone to think it was Internet Exploder, or some other program, > including Windows Itself to be the culprit before I considered the > Screen Reader. That is the very high level of reliability I came to > expect from GW Micro, because that is what they produced for years. > > Today, I do not have the same degree of Faith in those who run GW Micro. > And I do not know if this is only because some of the old staff are now > gone, and those replacing them are not quite as good, or if what I sense > is the hand of the Parent Company influencing how those who still work > at GW Micro do their jobs. And now that A I Squared has been swallowed > by the Parent Company of JAWS, there is even a greater distance theTop > decision makers have from the every day user of Window Eyes. So it > takes longer and longer to fix problems, or to make alterations to > Window Eyes etc. > > Personally, I need a powerful Screen Reader. I use NVDA on occasion, > but it is not powerful enough to do everything I need from a Screen > Reader. There may come a Day when I must buy my own copy of JAWS. I > won't like it, but if they are the only Game in town, then what choice > do I have? I will reluctantly make my purchase. > > 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/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. 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