But microsoft office 2010 is fully accessible, I am using all products that fit my needs with very little problem. Those programs are outllook, word, and zcell. I don't have any plans of ever needing power point, but heard it gets the job done also. HTH On Jan 2, 2012, at 12:22 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
> to answer your question FS is still dealer based and they do not offer any > payment plans on anything so I recall. Sorry to be the barer of bad news. I > hope someone can be the bareer of good news. lol! > On Jan 2, 2012, at 6:16 AM, Gordon Smith wrote: > >> Hi all >> >> This is my first E-Mail to anybody for a very long time, so I must say it's >> good to be back. >> >> In the hope of securing a teaching position in the not too distant future, >> it looks like I'm going to have to start learning the ins and outs of Jaws >> for Windows, as well as refreshing myself in the use of Microsoft Office >> application, especially Word. >> >> Lynne downloaded JFW13 a few days ago, along with NVDA211, but we haven't >> had the opportunity to try them out as yet. So, to my questions. >> >> 1. What's the latest version of Microsoft Office and where do we stand, >> please, in terms of accessibility with the aforementioned screen-readers, >> plus GW Micro's Window-Eyes? >> >> 2. Does Freedom Scientific sell online to overseas customers, or is it one >> of those dealership rackets still, as it was when I got my fingers severely >> burned with them in 2000 when they re-sold my serial number to another >> customer and also my SMA, and they flatly refused to honour it with a >> different S/N and SMA. >> >> 3. On the assumption that Freedom Scientific does indeed sell >> internationally online, do they operate any kind of monthly "Lease To Own" >> programme, similar to that which GW Micro offers? Currently my outright >> budget wouldn't stretch to the £1200 USD which Freedom seem to be asking for >> JFW Professional and that doesn't even cover remote access; shocking. >> >> Having spent most of the morning playing around with various aspects of >> Windows 7 Ultimate Sp1 and Window-Eyes, I'm sorry to have to say that I'm >> distinctly unimpressed with GW's latest offering. Having become somewhat >> accustomed to the lack of a "Browse Mode", I find it irksome to say the >> least when I have to keep continually pressing enter on edit boxes etc. >> before I can insert or modify data, and then having to re-enable browse mode >> to find out what a consecutive edit box's data should be. Pressing tab when >> outside of browse mode now yields only "Edit", and not the content >> descriptor field any longer. >> >> I also find Window-Eyes 7.5.2 unacceptably slow at times when it's loading >> web content. Indeed, sometimes I fid that it doesn't even finish loading at >> all, and I have to turn browse ode of and back on again to make it work. >> Actually that's a bug which has been around forever, but it's much much >> worse now. Many times I also see problems after entering my password in the >> log-on window when loading Window-Eyes. Windows itself contuse down the >> log-on chain at normal speed but the Window-Eyes task often freezes or >> responds very very slowly. Thus, it takes often up to five minutes to gain >> access to the desktop and even then I sometimes get "Not Responding" notices >> regarding the Window-Eyes main executable, or one of the dynamic libraries >> upon which it relies. >> >> I'm also finding GW Micro's so-called "Industry-Leading" technical support >> extremely poor. Often, they don't even respond at all and when they do, they >> don't usually provide adequate responses to questions. >> >> I have seen opinion expressed in a couple of places on the Internet that >> Window-Eyes's overall quality has been severely depleted since the so-called >> innovative and, again, industry-standard scripting mechanism was >> incorporated into the application. I share that opinion! Were it not for >> the fact that Window-Eyes 7.0 is not compatible with 64-bit operating >> systems, and were it not for the fact that it won't run under Windows 7 at >> all, I would seriously consider reverting. As it is. I'm going to have to >> really turn full circle, have a serous look at JFW and NVDA, and perhaps >> also System Access as well. >> >> I am aware that there has been some discussion pertaining to screen-readers >> on list recently, sponsored initially as I understand it by my wife. I have >> read through the ensuing thread and found some of the comment very >> interesting. However, the angle I am hoping to discuss is more a practical >> one, rather than a financial debate. I'm going to try JFW because for one >> thing, I just cannot figure out how you configure NVDA for Braille output; >> which I need. >> >> Any comment welcome, and did I say it earlier? It's great to be back, >> finally. >> >> Gordon >> >> >> >> ======================================= >> >> The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free >> >> To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web >> pages located at >> http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at >> either of the following websites: >> >> http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html >> >> Or: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/techno-chat@techno-chat.net> >> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. 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