That's why I like windoweyes, since it is easy to use and you can use arrows 
keys tab keys  and so on. Microsoft can do  updates to windows 10 anytime and 
besides jaws what screen reader out there is working with Microsoft? I have 
sma's so I will probably get jaws put it on my home machine leave we use we 
whenever I can for as long as I can I will probably get the jaws pro since I 
can use it at work.


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On Behalf Of Orlando Enrique Fiol via Talk
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 5:10 PM
To: Amanda Lee <[email protected]>; Window-Eyes Discussion List 
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Subject: RE: Migration of Features?

At 04:05 PM 5/16/2017, Amanda Lee via Talk wrote:
 >I totally agree here.  All of this is so bittersweet.  I was here at work
 >and it was difficult not to cry.  I have worked with various of the staff at
 >GW Micro closely over the years on beta testing and qualified an agency for
 >the blind as a dealer awhile back.  I will so miss Window-Eyes and how
 >responsive it is and how attentive Doug and others are to our suggestions.
 >I have stronger thoughts too which I will withhold as I don't want to flame
 >here.  Still, this is so difficult to accept.  If this were a large
 >corporate organization, there would be other possibilities as a means to
 >protest and that's the strongest statement I'll make.  I just wish I could
 >wake up tomorrow morning and realize this wasn't so.

I'm unsure of the legalities involved in reclaiming or transferring 
rights to Window-eyes' code, now that it is VFO's property. I'm sure 
it would be quite costly, if at all legally possible. However, I can 
only suppose that other accessibility companies or burgeoning 
entrepreneurs may be able to do this.
No one from Gwmicro has addressed their reasons for the buyout, 
except for vague statements about overall benefits to the 
accessibility community. While I understand wanting to retire or even 
needing to be bought out in order to avoid bankruptcy, I don't 
understand the logic of locking up perfectly good code for no one to 
use. It would be like a manufacturer burning rather than selling its inventory.

Orlando Enrique Fiol
Ph.D. Candidate in Music Theory
University of Pennsylvania
Professional Pianist/Keyboardist, Percussionist, Arranger, Performer 
and Pedagogue
Home: (980) 585-1516
Mobile: (267) 971-7090
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