Has anyone checked Snopes for verification of these anecdotes? On 5/29/2017 4:07 PM, Sky Mundell via Talk wrote: > OK. The real truth is that we have been shafted by the company who made > JAWS, pluss the blind organizations. The true reason why organizations > favored JAWS above Window-Eyes was because it brought them more profit. The > venders who sold Window-Eyes, supernova etc. always put JAWS at the top of > their lists. Plus the venders deliberately lied about Window-Eyes too. As an > example, their was a girlfriend of a list member, named Carol who was on the > list, and one of her relatives was blind, and he used Window-Eyes so he > recommended it over JAWS. She got Window-Eyes no problems. Then, she went > and got a new computer and a new copy of Window-Eyes, and the assessor that > she met told her that Window-Eyes was going bust and that there was no point > in going with it. This guy worked at the blind school in Brantford, Ontario. > Carol told him that she was under no circumstances taking JAWS and that she > had a Window-Eyes expert as a boyfriend and she eventually got Window-Eyes > with two SMA's. Also, venders for the blind would also lie about the free > version of Window-Eyes for office. They would say things like the free > version doesn't work with office, it only works as a demo, it only lasts 6 > months, it only lasts for 90 days, etc. These were regular lies told by the > venders. It was the profit factor, not the product. The venders favored JAWS > because it brought them more profit. That is the true story of why > Window-Eyes never made it up to the top. > [email protected]] > Sent: Monday, May 29, 2017 8:45 AM > To: Sky Mundell; Window-Eyes Discussion List > Subject: RE: Announcement: Brian Hartgen Training Course, Over Easy:The > Switch from window-Eyes to JAWS! Being Held Online 6/1/17 at 2pm Eastern, > 7pm UK Time > > Let's hear it, why is that? > And I just had a funny thing happen with JAWS, I did the hole control+y to > go to a folder in outlook, and I selected my inbox. It told me -2 of 1014 > messages. So, it's okay for JAWS to report negative numbers? lol > > -----Original Message----- > From: Talk [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Sky Mundell via Talk > Sent: Monday, May 29, 2017 11:43 AM > To: [email protected]; 'Window-Eyes Discussion List' > <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Announcement: Brian Hartgen Training Course, Over Easy:The > Switch from window-Eyes to JAWS! Being Held Online 6/1/17 at 2pm Eastern, > 7pm UK Time > > I'm not even going to be buying this course by this guy. Besides, I know > the whole truth of why JAWS was promoted over Window-Eyes and it is not just > my opinion, it is the truth of many Window-Eyes users. > -----Original Message----- > From: Talk [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc. via Talk > Sent: Monday, May 29, 2017 8:35 AM > To: 'Darrell Bowles'; 'Window-Eyes Discussion List' > Subject: RE: Announcement: Brian Hartgen Training Course, Over Easy:The > Switch from window-Eyes to JAWS! Being Held Online 6/1/17 at 2pm Eastern, > 7pm UK Time > > I'm not trying to KILL business for another blind entrepreneur; however, I > will say without mincing words that no one, especially those of us in the > United States and Canada, should ever pay a RED cent for this course! > > For a start, my buddy and brother, Mr. Raul Gallegos, did record some > Jaws-related titbits for all to download and has never charged a cent for > it. Second, questions can be asked here or on some other mailing lists > frequented by the blind, and the good folks who are better gurus than I at > just about everything will STEP UP TO THE PLATE and lend a helping hand with > smiles. > > Now, if the training has to do with WRITING JAWS SCRIPTS, I can understand > paying for that! In that instance, the recording should already be done, a > download link provided so I can pay for and grab it and work slowly on it > till I have learned enough to get stuff done. > > No! No Window-Eyes user should be milked a penny more for transitioning to > Jaws! It's wrong in my books. I'll stay on this list for as long as is > possible; I'll do all I can to help folks with using Jaws; if I don't have > answers to particular questions, I'll go find them and come back here with > workable solutions and tips at NO cost! Even when I transition completely > to Android by September, I'll still be here to help folks who need help with > Jaws. Again, no Window-Eyes user MUST BE MILKED OUT of a cent for > transitioning! > > Sincerely, > Olusegun > Denver, Colorado > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > 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/skyt%40shaw.ca > . > 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/dgbowles%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/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.
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