Hi Charles, Well, I do know that most of the Microsoft card games for Windows 7 are screen reader accessible because I've played them using Window-Eyes, and of course GW Micro advertises the fact. However, as you pointed out Jaws stands for Job Access With Speech, and to this day Freedom Scientific maintains it is a product for gainfully employed blind professionals. therefore they tend to snub or ignore games and other multimedia applications simply on the grounds it isn't job related.
Cheers! On 12/8/11, Charles Rivard <[email protected]> wrote: > I asked about the feasibility of Freedom Scientific trying to get the free > games that come as a part of Windows to work with JAWS, or, rather, the > other way around. A tech support rep pointed out to, immediately, that I > have to realize that JAWS is an acronym of Job?? Access With Speech. I > pointed out that even employed people use their computers for gaming, and > the Windows games are pretty much on just every machine whether for work or > play, and they should be made accessible. They wholeheartedly disagreed > with me. > > --- > "Security is not the absence of danger. It is the presence of the Lord." > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Ward" <[email protected]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 4:41 PM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] De Steno releases windows game. > > >> Hi Dark, >> >> Sure. I definitely do not disagree with you. Dolphin's payment plan >> certainly is more fair. So is GW Micro's. However, as Freedom >> Scientific is largely funded here in the USA through government run >> state agencies they really do not have any incentive to change their >> payment plan or be more competitive because they have government >> funding. >> >> Someone like GW Micro who doesn't necessarily get a large percentage >> of sales through government agencies had to find ways to make their >> product more affordable so they started their lease to own payment >> plan as well as a traditional SMA payment plan for upgrades. As a >> result someone on SSI or SSDI is actually better off investing in a GW >> Micro product because its affordable and the company doesn't expect >> you to drop $900 at a drop of a hat. Its just not realistic given the >> fact over 80% of all blind Americans are unemployed and are living in >> section 508 government housing. >> >> Plus ever since I began working with Henter-Joice/Freedom Scientific >> products they always struck me strictly as a stuffy white collar type >> of company. It was clear from the beginning Jaws, Job Access With >> Speech, was intended to be for business professionals and large >> corperations. There aim or goal was not to target the average home >> user but schools, government agencies, large businesses, or blind >> computer users who were gainfully employed in some capacity. It >> wasn't intended to be for the average home user, but obviously that's >> what ended up happening because BSVI, BVR, DBS, and other state >> agencies purchased Jaws, trained their clients, and then could not >> successfully find them gainful employment Thus resulting in several VI >> users who have state funded computers with Jaws, Openbook, etc but no >> decent paying jobs to keep the software up to date. >> >> Cheers! >> >> >> On 12/8/11, dark <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi tom. >>> >>> I suppose that's reasonable from a busienss perspective, but stil I much >>> prefer dolphin's system on this. >>> >>> no extra upgrades, no pro or standard, you want it, you pay for it! >>> >>> In fact the only real deal they have is the ability to pay for the next >>> version upgrade in advance and get cash off. >>> >>> beware the grue! >>> >>> dark. >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [email protected]. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to [email protected]. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
