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Re: Screen Readers

I think Microsoft is paying for the program to be included in their office suite. They might want to advertise that office now has a screen reader making it accessable for the blind. Don't ask me

By Judith Bron via Jfw <jfw@...> · #23648 ·

Re: Screen Readers

I will say that FS is absolutely not the same company as H J. FS has changed ownership several times of late and the new bunch has not really demonstrated any real interest in enabling the user to

By Cy Selfridge via Jfw <jfw@...> · #23647 ·

Re: Screen Readers

Hi Nicole, When the original blurb came across about GW Micro there were some caveats about "support". I never followed any of them up but it appeared to me that the "free" version came with little

By Cy Selfridge via Jfw <jfw@...> · #23646 ·

Re: Screen Readers

For one thing, tech support for the free Window-Eyes is not free. There was a podcast about it from CSUN, and there were extra little charges here and there.

By Anna Byrne via Jfw <jfw@...> · #23645 ·

Re: Screen Readers

Would you be saying this if the thing was reversed? If it were freedomscientific offering jaws for fre? Please keep in mind also GW micro has been around sense 1990 longer than freedomscientific. RJ/

By RJ Sandefur via Jfw <jfw@...> · #23644 ·

Re: Screen Readers

The big question I keep coming back to is how GW Micro, which is structured as a for profit company, is going to make any money from giving it away for free to use with Office. I understand their

By Nicole Massey via Jfw <jfw@...> · #23643 ·

Re: Screen Readers

I was using eloquence with jfw and something else with window eyes, the default synth i think. But even so, whenever i unloaded WE then tried to load jfw, eloquence went crazy and the laptop would

By Kimberly via Jfw <jfw@...> · #23642 ·

Re: Screen Readers

This might have been a consideration in the past, but the reality is that Windows is the only major OS left *without* a screen reader, especially in the far more important (these days) portable device

By Nicole Massey via Jfw <jfw@...> · #23641 ·

Re: Screen Readers

Hello, Could you describe the events which led to your system crashing. For example, Did WE load , then you opened IE, or some other program. Or did you open WE, and bingo, your system powered

By Dennis Clark via Jfw <jfw@...> · #23640 ·

Re: Screen Readers

Windo-Eyes has just announced a merger withA AI-Squared, who sell ZoomText. 09:25 AM 5/9/2014, you wrote:

By Anna Byrne via Jfw <jfw@...> · #23638 ·

Re: Screen Readers

A trusted source, yes.

By Nicole Massey via Jfw <jfw@...> · #23639 ·

Re: Screen Readers

Just out of curiosity, were you using eloquence as your synthesizer for both screen readers? Sent from Kimber's iPhone

By Kimberly via Jfw <jfw@...> · #23637 ·

Re: Screen Readers

Hello, Your description is curious. Did you purchase the separate eloquence package from GW for $39.95? If not, did Windoweyes work only in demo mode, or did you have Windoweyes working with eloquence

By Dennis Clark via Jfw <jfw@...> · #23636 ·

Re: Screen Readers

I too tried installing Window Eyes on my Windows 7 desktop, on which I also have JAWS. It crashed my computer multiple times and I finally ended up uninstalling it. I know other people use it

By Lee Anne Atkinson via Jfw <jfw@...> · #23635 ·

TV listings

For anyone who may have used Zap2It in the past for TV listings, of course it has been broken for accessibility in it's current update. However, I have received a link to the old format, if anyone is

By Maria Campbell via Jfw <jfw@...> · #23634 ·

Re: Screen Readers

I switched from jaws to window eyes, and I love it! RJ

By RJ Sandefur via Jfw <jfw@...> · #23633 ·

Re: Screen Readers

That would be my question also. Allen in Iowa "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills

By Allen Childs via Jfw <jfw@...> · #23632 ·

Re: Screen Readers

Hi Kimber, I haven't tried the free Window-eyes offer yet, but I'm reading mixed reviews on the various lists I'm on. Some people really love it, but others are having major issues. I guess that's

By Londa Peterson via Jfw <jfw@...> · #23631 ·

Re: Screen Readers

Just as a point of information with no judgment intended, I recently purchased Office 2013 and thought I'd take advantage of the free Window Eyes offer to take it for a test drive. Aside from the fact

By Kimber Gardner via Jfw <jfw@...> · #23630 ·

Re: Screen Readers

Just a heads up, I've been asked to try and use the jaws set AP within window-eyes. A lot of clients that can't afford to keep up with their plans to upgrade Jaws is getting their systems preloaded

By James Malone via Jfw <jfw@...> · #23629 ·

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