Hi Chris & all, I believe this is a coo for GW Micro, with the partnership with Microsoft. However, this brings me back to those of us who have purchased WE and have supported GW Micro for all these years and I don't regret the ability to support them. I bet there will be some individuals that will get upset about this, but this is progress and if vendors in the AT arena want to survive, they need to think out-of-the-box and be innovative. I guess Apple with Voiceover is finally rubbing off on the PC screen reader side. I applaud GW Micro. JMO.
Best, Eileen On Jan 14, 2014, at 2:08 PM, Chris H <christopher...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > Window-Eyes can be used across the board, just that so long as Office 2010 or > later is installed you can use Window-Eyes minus the 30 minute demonstration > mode, in other words you can use a fully functional copy of Window-Eyes to be > used across the board just by installing Office 2010 or later on your system. > > Regards Chris > > On 14/01/2014 21:44, Karen Lewellen wrote: >> question? >> granted I am not now nor have I ever been a windows user. still if I >> follow this, you can use windoweyes, for one piece of software? just >> what happens if after you download the single ticket for office, and >> try to use the program for something else? >> Allowing it to work with only one piece of software in no way to my mind >> translates into built in speech. That means one thing, you turn on an >> item and find if you require it, speech across the board. Either that >> or you turn on the program as an extra and find speech across the >> board. No less at least to me. >> Kare >> >> On Tue, 14 Jan 2014, erik burggraaf wrote: >> >>> Wow, Well, this is officially O/T I guess, but I couldn't help >>> laughing at this. I had been a loyal window-eyes user on the windows >>> side, but have switched to NVDA full time now because of better UIA >>> support, better access to flash and other dynamic content, better >>> braille support, and touch screen support which window-eyes has not at >>> all. There hasn't been a revolutionary development in the window-eyes >>> world in 5 years or more since they introduced open scripting in >>> version 7. >>> >>> Leading the way is pure propaganda at this point, but I guess doug and >>> Dan have well stocked RRSP's at this point and don't really have to >>> giddyup these days. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Erik Burggraaf >>> Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 >>> or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com >>> >>> On 2014-01-14, at 2:21 PM, Bill Holton <bill32...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Jan-14-2014 >>>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE >>>> Fort Wayne, Indiana (January 14, 2014) - GW Micro, Inc. >>>> (www.gwmicro.com) is proud >>>> to make a revolutionary announcement. GW Micro and Microsoft Corp. >>>> have partnered >>>> to make Window-Eyes available to users of Microsoft Office at no >>>> cost. Window-Eyes >>>> is a screen reader that enables people who are blind, visually >>>> impaired, or print >>>> disabled to have full access to Windows PCs and makes the computer >>>> accessible via >>>> speech and/or Braille. >>>> To better deliver Window-Eyes to the people who need it most, GW >>>> Micro and Microsoft >>>> have collaborated on this global initiative, available in over 15 >>>> languages, to enable >>>> anyone using Microsoft Office 2010 or later to also use Window-Eyes >>>> for free. >>>> Access to technology is critical to people who are blind or visually >>>> impaired in >>>> order to have the same opportunity to compete in the workplace. As >>>> such, this initiative >>>> between GW Micro and Microsoft has the potential to reduce barriers >>>> for millions >>>> of people who are blind or visually impaired around the world. >>>> As the population ages, technologies like Window-Eyes will become >>>> more and more important >>>> as the number of people with age-related macular degeneration and >>>> other retinal degenerative >>>> diseases increases. " >>>> This significant change in the way we are doing business reflects the >>>> changing perception >>>> of accessibility and also technology in general. >>>> Rather than wait for the world to change, Microsoft and GW Micro >>>> are leading the >>>> way >>>> ," said Dan Weirich, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for GW Micro. >>>> Weirich believes this technology can help millions of people gain >>>> access to their >>>> PC, and that providing it free of charge will open a whole new world >>>> of assistive >>>> technology to many people. >>>> In light of the rapidly changing face of technology and specifically, >>>> the changing >>>> face of assistive technology, the combined efforts of GW Micro and >>>> Microsoft have >>>> the goal of providing accessibility to people who are blind and >>>> visually impaired >>>> for the long term. >>>> Microsoft continues to take accessibility seriously. >>>> “By partnering with GW Micro in this endeavor we are demonstrating >>>> Microsoft’s ongoing >>>> commitment to provide all of our customers with the technology and >>>> tools to help >>>> each person be productive in both their work and personal lives.” >>>> said Rob Sinclair, Chief Accessibility Officer for Microsoft. >>>> Eligible customers, using Microsoft Office 2010 or higher, will be >>>> able to download >>>> a full version of Window-Eyes starting today at >>>> www.WindowEyesForOffice.com >>>> . >>>> The website provides download instructions as well as additional >>>> details about this >>>> offer. >>>> GW Micro, Inc. (www.gwmicro.com) has been a trusted pioneer in the >>>> adaptive technology >>>> industry since 1990, and continues to lead with innovative, customer >>>> driven solutions. >>>> Contact: >>>> Dan Weirich, VP of Sales and Marketing >>>> d...@gwmicro.com >>>> (260) 489-3671 >>>> ### >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>> send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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