Hi All,

I hadn't quite appreciated the scope of the offer when it was made earlier
this week, but GWMicro and Microsoft have announced that the Window-Eyes
screen reader is now free for anyone with a copy of MS Office 10 or greater.
I initially thought Window-Eyes would just work with Office, but it looks
like you get the complete package.

OK, you have to have a fairly new copy of Office, but it seems to me that is
an unbelievable offer.  Many of us use multiple screen readers to perform
different tasks, and Window-Eyes is an incredibly powerful tool to have in
the toolbox!  

It would also appear that future Window-Eyes updates will be free to Office
10 users too.  The offer appears to exclude the Office starter pack, and as
the Home and Student copy of Office 10 can be bought on Amazon for about £60
or $100, I'm honestly not sure if this would qualify for a free copy of
Window-Eyes...  I suspect not, as the usual price in the UK is over £500,
for the screen reader alone...

Hopefully someone will know more...

Best wishes, Kelvin Marsh - M0AID

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