Zoomtext has worked wondefully here at UCI and I recommend it for its ease
of use.  The few times I've worked with Ai Squared's tech support have been
characterized as EXPEDIENT and EFFECTIVE.  They respond quickly to any
questions, comments and concerns AND provide solutions that worK!

Robert
Adaptive Technology Coordinator
UC Irvine

At 07:46 AM 10/5/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>I have two clients that were using it and both had problems with our Human
>Resources software (Peoplesoft). When I was down at the CSUN conference in
>L.A., I addressed these issues with the Zoomtext technicians while visiting
>their booth. I wasn't impressed with the support they provided so I just
>happened to visit another booth and received a demo CD of a product called
>Magic (version 8.0). When I returned to Canada, I immediately installed it on
>both of the clients' PC's and they loved it. I've now purchased the full
>version ($825.00 U.S.). One word of caution....I have it running here on
>Windows '95 PC's and it is not certified to run on Windows 2000. The folks in
>our test lab are currently trying it out with windows 2000 and I'm hoping it
>will be okay. Apparently, the previous verion (6.2) will run on 2000/ME
>machines.
>
>Peter Papworth
>A/Manager Client Support
>Citizenship & Immigration Canada
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>Hi Folks,
>
>Our office is investigating purchasing ZoomText and I wanted to know what
>people's experiences with it are. Does it work well with Access and Word
>applications? Do some versions of it work better with Access and Word than
>others (it looks like there are four versions currently available)? Are
>there other programs that work better? Please let me know if you have
>recommendations along these lines.
>
>Thanks,
>Tracy Scharn
>NCDE Project Assistant
>
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