Actually some VR agencies did provide Window-Eyes. For instants, here is a post from the NVDA mailing list, by a lady. Here is what she has to say on the subject.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sally Kiebdaj Sent: Friday, October 06, 2017 5:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [nvda] WebAim Screen Reader User Survey #7: Getting The Word Out About NVDA Whole-heartedly agree here! I was raised in Indiana which is probably the only reason I was offered Window-Eyes by my Voc Rehab office. Many others I met out of state a guide dog school and college had never heard of Window-Eyes let alone been given the chance to test it before being provided JAWS. In the case that they had heard of it, they assumed it was incomplete or inferior because it had never been recommended or offered to them. Too often, the able-bodied powers that be --for a variety of reasons including lack of interest or bandwidth-- learn 1 version of adaptive technology for a given disability and recommend only that one for ever after. Even if their job is to advise or help those new to the disability, they do not take the time to research and present all options. Government funding and contracts may be a large part of this but so is ignorance. I worked for a few years at a prominent eye hospital that had a rehab department and no one in the building knew about window-eyes or that android devices were used by the blind. In this case, I know that there were no contracts or government funding--- only the common mental shorthand of stereotyping the outgroup. Because they ad seen more than one blind person with an iPhone or had heard of JAWS, clearly all people used iPhones and JAWS because that was all they had. Funnily enough they didn't even realize that VoiceOver existed on Mac OSX since the JAWS stereotype predated iOS. I am grateful for the choice I had early on and the fact that I knew that the most common option wasn't the only and wasn't necessarily the best for me. In my case and at that time, my simultaneous use of ZoomText made Window-Eyes a much better option. Cheers, Sally -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sky Mundell via Talk Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2018 3:35 PM To: 'Window-Eyes Discussion List' Cc: Sky Mundell Subject: RE: `news about jws Absolutely. The clients should have been given the right to choose what they could get. -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Loy Green via Talk Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2018 3:24 PM To: Window-Eyes Discussion List Cc: Loy Green Subject: Re: `news about jws FS had an advantage over Window Eyes because for many years VR would only purchase JAWS and no one had the right to choose which screen reader they could get. ----- Original Message ----- From: Nick Sarames via Talk To: Window-Eyes Discussion List Cc: Nick Sarames Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2018 2:21 PM Subject: Re: `news about jws Lots of silly comments on this list. Who came to whom regarding the merger? That is not a rhetorical question. I am asking sincerely. Who broached whom? On 4/28/2018 7:18 AM, Tony C via Talk wrote: > If you think the price is going to decrease, you are living in a dream > world. The whole reason of getting rid of WE was to have a "choke-hold" > on screen reader users. > > -----Original Message----- From: bj colt via Talk > Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2018 4:03 AM > To: Window-Eyes Discussion List > Cc: bj colt > Subject: Re: `news about jws > > Hi Lynn, > > My apologies if the names I called those at the top of the tree in VFO > offended you. My sheer anger and frustration has overwhelmed me. It is > rarely I make such statements and more so on this list. I've never been so > angry or upset at a situation where blind people will be forced to pay much > more than they are just now. Please believe me it won't be the same > price as > now. That I can guarantee. Just look at the price of Microsoft windows 365 > office. Remember, that is not just for one or two years. that is for life. > When we bought a copy of Office that copy lasted and will last for years. > I'm still using a 2007 copy of office on my windows 7 machine. If I had > paid > a monthly subscription for that length of time. I could have bought at > least > 8 copied of office. > > I could say a lot more Lynn regarding the merger and subsequent demise of > Window-eyes. Call it conspiracy theory or not. Had this happened in the up > they would have been referred to the Monopolies commission. I don't > apologies for using those names because that is how I feel towards them. > Them meaning those at the top. Not the employees. I am not normally this > way > about things and don't easily get annoyed. People that know me would agree > with that. I hate to see blind or disabled people getting ripped off and > treated the way we are. > > I recently learned that companies who produce adaptive technology for the > disabled and blind get government grants. How much I have no idea. I have a > copy of jws and will continue to use window-eyes till I can't use it any > more. > > Live long and prosper, John > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/tch828%40media combb.net. > > 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%40 msn.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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