Jim: I think you will find that the user number is declining. Importantly: those users who have paid for their licenses to use Window-Eyes has been declining. It isn't really current users who matter - it is future potential users who have chosen to go to NVDA or who have shelled out to buy JAWS because their livelihoods depend upon a working, reliable screen reader today, tomorrow and beyond. Cash flow does not come from current users. It comes courtesy of a product being available which new people are prepared to buy. I have two installs on a software maintenance agreement, purchased nealry 18 months ago. That cash, provided to AI Squared out of loyalty and good faith has gone. I would have expected at least one significant upgrade against my SMA and that would have been enough to restore my faith in AI Squared. And now: if someone were to ask me about Window-Eyes - I'd say don't spend a cent on it. Demo it using the Office deal. So: I'm actively prepared to discourage people from purchasing Window-Eyes, because it isn't worth the purchase and the sma IS NOT A GOOD FAITH RELATIONSHIP ANYMORE. By contrast: people who actively support NVDA seem happy to continue to do so, because of frequent upgrades. I'm not an NVDA user, so don't know how good or bad it really is.
If reducing paid customer demand was not so - the Window-Eyes for Office deal would not have been put in place, and the VFO merger or takeover would not have occurred. Why are people so prepared to trash Window-Eyes on this list, making it very clear that they are using NVDA with some degree of personal preference? So: please don't accuse those of us who disagree with you as simply providing speculation - you don't have the user statistics to back up your claim either. If you wanted to show some leadership, email someone senior at VFO and find out what the official word is and then paste the reply into a truly informative message. People have been commenting on this tread for 10 months. Why has no one from VFO shut down the threads? Why has VFO not written to those of us as critics and paying customers and told us what is going to happen? In short: misrepresenting the opinions of others who disagree with you is unhelpful. Vaughan. -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim via Talk Sent: Wednesday, 10 May 2017 6:14 a.m. To: Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: Window-Eyes! You all know that there are a very large number of Window-Eyes users. and all of this "speculation" no matter the source is still just "speculation". I personally know several window-Eyes users who are not on this list that think all of this talk is nothing but a bunch of rubbish! Okay, there might be some truth to some of it, but I am quite certain that the very large number of Window-Eyes users are more than likely not goig to be hung out to dry with no where to turn. So, all of these sources no matter how "reliable they might or might not be" have said absolutley nothing abut the thouhsands and thousands of Window-Eyes users". So, until I actually here that W.E. is no longer going to be supported or developped I will continue to question these posts. Thanks for your time & Have A Great Day! d e <KF8LT><Jim Wohlgamuth>. _______________________________________________ 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/vaughan.dodd001%40msd.govt.nz. 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 ------------------------------- This email and any attachments may contain information that is confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution or duplication of this email and attachments is prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify the author immediately and erase all copies of the email and attachments. The Ministry of Social Development accepts no responsibility for changes made to this message or attachments after transmission from the Ministry. ------------------------------- _______________________________________________ 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
