I know. I said the only upgrade they charged for was to version 4. Perhaps I should have been clearer and said from 3 to anything higher.
Fi (on Nokia N79) --- original message --- From: "Bardia Zakeri" <bardiazak...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Talks] FW: A plug Date: 14th March 2011 Time: 7:07:05 pm Hi! i had both skreen redares in my phone with lisense . talks 5.20 and mobile speak 3.82 i cant have 4 because my lisense is only to 3 versioners . if i want 4 .6 i must upgrade the lisense and i s cost. i had all thinks in e 66 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fi Dunn" <f...@fidunn.plus.com> To: "Neil Barnfather - TalkNav" <for...@talknav.com>; "Talks Mailing List" <talks@talksusers.com> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 7:09 PM Subject: Re: [Talks] FW: A plug > Niel, why say Mobile Speak users don't get free upgrades? They have only > ever charged for one upgrade so far, to version 4. I already know from > Caroline that upgrading to version 5 will be free. > > I'm not saying Code Factory will never charge for an upgrade ever again, > but, surely, now that you sell Mobile Speak as well as Talks, and if > dealer support is a justification for the Talks transfer fee, shouldn't > the info you give on both be accurate? That way customers will know all > the facts before deciding which to go for. > > I like to have both screen readers available to me, so I'm not having a go > about the fee. It's still more affordable than the sim-based license for > this girl with a handbag full of Nokias. LOL! > > Fi (on Nokia E5) > > > ----------------------------- > From: "Neil Barnfather - TalkNav" > Subject: Re: [Talks] FW: A plug > Date: 14th March 2011 4:42 pm > > > in that instance then your MS license became better value for money half > way through your second transfer of phones. not bad, but equally still not > amazing. > > > > > Regards, > > Neil Barnfather > Talks List Administrator > > Twitter @NeilBarnfather > > TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, for all your > accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com > > URL: - www.talknav.com > e-mail: - serv...@talknav.com > Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 > > On 14 Mar 2011, at 16:19, Saqib wrote: > > Hi Neil. I've changed handsets 3 times. > Original message: >> you also though paid for for that license then you would a Talks one, yes >> not as much as now when you look at the 3 upgrades you've had. but have >> you changed phones three times or not. as if not, then those three >> upgrades would also likely have been free with talks. thus in that >> instance you're actually out of pocket still by the difference of MS Gold >> verse Talks Premium. > >> even if you'd changed phones once, Talks was still cheaper, and only tips >> over that when you buy your second phone, and even then only by half the >> transfer fee. > > > > >> Regards, > >> Neil Barnfather >> Talks List Administrator > >> Twitter @NeilBarnfather > >> TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, for all your >> accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com > >> URL: - www.talknav.com >> e-mail: - serv...@talknav.com >> Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 > >> On 13 Mar 2011, at 20:11, Saqib wrote: > >> Hi Neil. Not trying to throw a spanner in the works here but since I >> aquired MS4 I've had 3 updates for free now. The license policy has saved >> me 3 transfer fees due to the phone number licensing policy. Each screen >> reader company has their own business model and I've also benefitted from >> Talks upgrades as I've purchased 11 transfers up until now. >> Original message: >>> Kit, > >>> and if they did that they up their initial purchase price, please think >>> before you say such things. MS is not £150, its £80 more for the same >>> thing. > >>> now yes this is only £80, but you do not get any upgrades with that, you >>> have to pay for those, and you do with Talks, and each time you buy a >>> new phone and a transfers of Talks, you keep on getting the latest >>> version. > > > > > > >>> Regards, > >>> Neil Barnfather >>> Talks List Administrator > >>> Twitter @NeilBarnfather > >>> TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, for all your >>> accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com > >>> URL: - www.talknav.com >>> e-mail: - serv...@talknav.com >>> Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 > >>> On 12 Mar 2011, at 22:26, Kit wrote: > >>> I strongly feel that Nuance Talks should start with license base on >>> mobile number as what MS have done. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: John Farley >>> To: talks@talksusers.com >>> Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 2:30 AM >>> Subject: [Talks] FW: A plug > > >>> Hi Chris, > >>> I have no problem paying the £150 for the Talks licence itself. I fully >>> understand the level of resource required by the developers in producing >>> and >>> marketing the product. It is good value in a very small marketplace. Of >>> course, that does not take away the fact the blind people have to pay >>> this >>> extra cost for something everybody else does not need to. That is not a >>> fault of the development companies, who have to make a living. I guess >>> that >>> could be viewed as a DLA issue. > >>> Equally, when there is a significant upgrade to Talks I have no problem >>> with >>> paying for an upgraded licence. > >>> I do, however, find the £50 for a licence transfer an issue. > >>> We have already paid for a licence to use Talks. >>> The transfer of the licence from one phone to another is required to >>> avoid, >>> or at least limit, piracy of their software, which is fully >>> understandable . > >>> Talknav do provide a simple and easy means of transferring the licence. > >>> It is done without human intervention, in most cases, and its real >>> on-going >>> cost to Talknav and Nuance is minimal. The development of the Ap to do >>> that >>> should not have been a complex task in these days of tools to assist in >>> "shopping" utilities. > >>> I really think that the price of the transfer should bear some >>> relationship >>> to the cost of it. After all, we are only paying for the privilege of >>> moving >>> a licence we have already paid for to another phone, which we have also >>> paid >>> for by one means or another. > >>> I really do believe that in the fully automated world we live in that >>> this >>> fee should be reduced. >>> Clearly, I do not know if the level of the fee is set by Nuance or the >>> dealership network. > > > > >>> Regards, John > >>> John Farley > >>> Personal Contact Work contact >>> E-Mail: j.far...@btinternet.com john.far...@saic.com > >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: talks-boun...@talksusers.com [mailto:talks-boun...@talksusers.com] >>> On >>> Behalf Of chris hallsworth >>> Sent: 12 March 2011 17:44 >>> To: Talks Mailing List >>> Subject: [Talks] A plug > >>> Hello all. >>> Just had an e-mail privately from someone offering 50% off my next Talks >>> license. No thanks, I will get it from www.talknav.com. I don't mind >>> paying >>> the £50 but I do mind being involved in what could be a scam. So please >>> do >>> the same guys. Not knocking anybody here but you just never know. There >>> are >>> dodgy people in this world who will do anything with your money. So go >>> for >>> the real deal please. Use www.talknav.com and you will get your license >>> within minutes, 24 hours a day 7 days a week 365 days a year. >>> Take care. >>> -- > >>> Chris Hallsworth >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Talks mailing list >>> Talks@talksusers.com >>> http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks > >>> Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: >>> eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ and Talknav Inc. >>> http://www.talknav.net/ > >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Talks mailing list >>> Talks@talksusers.com >>> http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks > >>> Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: >>> eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ >>> and >>> Talknav Inc. http://www.talknav.net/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Talks mailing list >>> Talks@talksusers.com >>> http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks > >>> Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: >>> eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ >>> and >>> Talknav Inc. http://www.talknav.net/ > >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Talks mailing list >>> Talks@talksusers.com >>> http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks > >>> Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: >>> eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ >>> and >>> Talknav Inc. http://www.talknav.net/ > > -- > Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. 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