They're shooting themselves in the proverbial foot by purposely not
expanding their customer base. JMO.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ward" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] JAWS - Re: De Steno releases windows game.
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.
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----- 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.
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