I think someone would have to be a bit dim-witted not to take the offer.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave via Talk
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2017 9:37 PM
To: Orlando Enrique Fiol ; Window-Eyes Discussion List
Subject: Re: Window-Eyes to JAWS Migration
Hello Orlando,
There was, at least for me, a good reason to migrate Sooner rather than
later.
If I wait around too long, say after the end of July, the VFO offer to
register me with a Free Copy of JAWS 18 would go away, and I would then
need to fork out $1000.
Plus, I really had nothing to lose by taking the offer from VFO.
Window Eyes is working well enough, for now, and I have also been using
NVDA, which has been doing what I need it to do at Work. I can take my
time to learn JAWS, since I have two other Screen Readers to use until I
come up to speed with Jaws.
From what I've seen of Jaws so far, Jaws is a very powerful Screen
Reader.
Learning Jaws is something like moving to a new neighborhood, after
living in another neighborhood for 20 or more years. The new
neighborhood is different, and Unknown. As a blind man, I now need to
learn my way to a few places, such as the Grocery store, Drug Store,
and to the Bus stops. The Curbs are similar but different. The street
crossings are similar and yet different.
Even the Sidewalks are similar, and yet they too are different.
Jaws is the same. jaws does many of the things Window Eyes does, just
in slightly different ways. Terms and Features are different or Similar
to Window Eyes terms and Features.
I think VFO put some thought into their offer to Window Eyes users, and
they were ready with Tutorials for those who would Migrate. They
didn't need to do this. They could have just told all new users of Jaws
to wade through the existing Help Documentation-- which might have
been more than enough for most. But, instead they did what they did to
help Window Eyes users make the transition smoothly.
As migrators, we do need to put in some effort to learn the new Screen
Reader. insisting that VFO some how owes all of us some extra special
training is just another example of that Spoiled Handicapper
EntitlementMentality, that is so ugly.
Like moving into the New Neighborhood, by walking around, doing some
exploration, all will make the new and unfamiliar neighborhood become
familiar and like Home. It takes effort though. Effort on your part,
not on VFO's part.
Grumpy Dave
Dave <[email protected]>
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