Pardon me, but the whole damn thing is too expensive when there are completely free solutions out there which, if you work hard enough to fit your needs, can suit you quite well.
Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 8, 2013, at 7:50 AM, Gordon Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Jackie > > The current price of Jaws is £745.00 as quoted by Sight and Sound on Friday > last. I believe that the US price is $999.00 which would actually work out > about equal to the £745.00 which I was quoted. I was also quoted a nice > £195.00 for the Jaws SMA which, to be honest, is outrageous. Almost two > hundred quid for either 2 version upgrades or however many Freedom sees fit > to release in a year. I think that’s how it works, but I could be wrong > there. > > I don’t know why these things have to be so damned expensive. I just don’t > buy the argument that they have to meet development costs. All the hundreds > of thousands of copies of Jaws which they have sold over the years, they must > be making a very tidy profit. Also, I would have thought that they would be > more than just a little worried about products like NVDA which, in the case > of NVDA in particular, are now attracting so many former users of other > products because NVDA is both free and extremely functional these days. > > I am only looking at Jaws because it is by var and away superior to all other > products I’ve trie working with in the Duxbury Braille Translator > environment. Like Mary, much of my work nowadays is in that software > environment as 95% of my work involvers Braille transcription and error > correcting of scanned main stream printed educational material. Both my work > and the translation itself have to be accurate. That’s not a matter of > choice, it’s a “Must”. One cannot expect teachers to tolerate inaccuracy in > the Braille products which they give to their pupils and I’d be pretty soon > in trouble were I not to work to a very high standard. > > I’m going to try the Tiger BTS suite shortly to see how well that works. I > know it isn’t as functional as Duxbury in some respects, but I have a > ViewPlus EmBraille embosser so I get a free license. Nothing to lose. > > Kind regards > > <--- Gordon Smith ---> > > <[email protected]> > > Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; > Providing Help & Support To Young People LivingWith Visual Impairment, plus > Braille Transcription services. > > > > > Telephone: > > United Kingdom: Free Phone: > 0800 8620538 > > Mobile: > +44 7907 823971 > > Europe and other non-specified: > +44 1642 688095 > > Or: > +44 1642 941776 > > United States Of America And Canada: > +1 646 9151493 > Or: > +1 209 436 9443 > > Australasia: > +61 38 8205930 > Or: > +61 39 0284505 > > Fax: > +44 1642 365123 > > Follow Us On Twitter: > <http://twitter.com/maciosaccess> > > Skype: > <skype:mac-access-dot-net?call> > > ------------------------------ > > > > > On 6 Dec 2013, at 16:58, Jackie Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > And have a nice 40% mark-up too when you buy JAWS from the UK dealer. I get > fed up with it as well Gordon! > > > Kind regards, > > Jackie Brown > Twitter: @thebrownsplace > Skype: Thejackmate > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gordon Smith > Sent: 06 December 2013 13:40 > To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! > Subject: RE: App Evaluation: Seeing Eye GPS: Three Organizations,One Stellar > Effort! - AccessWorldR - November 2013 > > Hi Jackie, Dane and all > Here here! This is one of those issues which really gets up my > nose! I see absolutely no reason why some companies and entities > in the US and Canada seem to believe that those of us who reside > overseas are second class citizens, and they refuse to make > products and services available to us. > I can think of several examples of this immediately. Freedom > Scientific and GW Micro will not allow us to buy and receive > products on line. We have to waste time going through the old > boy network, and buy from dealers who for the most part also only > ship products via snale-mail. > Another shining example of this in the main stream is Avid. I > have tried several times to buy ProTools on line. I can buy it, > yes. But not the download edition. I have to wait for boxed > products, and pay the additional delivery costs. > Sorry for the rant, but as I say, this is one issue which > really gets me annoyed. > Kind Regards > Gordon Smith > Information Technology Accessibility consultant > Providing Support For Young People Living With Sight Loss: > Advice On Accessible Information Technologies And Braille > Transcription Services. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jackie Brown" <[email protected] > To: "'Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm!'" > <[email protected] > Date sent: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 09:11:12 -0000 > Subject: RE: App Evaluation: Seeing Eye GPS: Three Organizations, > One Stellar Effort! 3No, it isn't available in the UK either to > my knowledge. Come on guys, > let's have it! (smile). > > > Unfortunately this App doesn't appear to be available in > Australia, has > anyone on list tried this and if so what do they think? 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