3rd way. use freedkomscientific.com Demo version of Jaws.
It works just as the $850 version, but the free demo must be rebooted every
40 minutes. But my time to reboot, and stretch, are also lots cheaper. I
use it on my other computer, as it crashes a lot, while the paid version is
used because I'm lazy and rich. Will
visit the At 04:45 PM 9/18/04, david poehlman wrote:
>You had to ask how you would use a computer if you didn't buy a screen
>reader. There are two ways. One is with free linux that talks and the
>other although a year away is to buy an apple.
>
>Johnnie Apple Seed
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Christopher Chaltain" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 7:10 PM
>Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Cingular wireless talking cell phone:
>
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>I agree that it's a shame we cannot get a free accessible cell phone like
>our sighted counterparts do when they sign up with a cell phone provider,
>but I don't think we're comparing apples with apples in this case. I
>doubt a sighted cell phone user gets a Nokia 6620 for free when they sign
>up for a cell phone service. This phone runs the Symbian 60 OS, so it's a
>high end phone. It's true that we have to pay an additional few hundred
>dollars to get the screen reading software, but this isn't any different
>from the software we have to purchase to make our PC's accessible. I
>personally am a lot happier to purchase a off the shelf cell phone / PDA
>that I can then make accessible by buying screen reading software then I
>am purchasing a cell phone / PDA designed explicitly for the blind at two
>to four times the price. IMHO, we should be supporting Talks and Cingular
>as heading in the right direction rather than condemining them because the
>industry doesn't include accessibility features in all of their products
>from the get go. As for boycotting products that aren't accessible, how
>would I use a PC or a cell phone if I didn't by a screen reader? I may be
>selfish, but I'm not willing to make that sacrifice.
>
>Christopher
>
>Christopher J Chaltain
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>Tom Fowle <[log in to unmask]>
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>09/18/2004 04:29 PM
>Please respond to Tom Fowle
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>phone:
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>Kelly
>boy you got that on the nail head.
>
>did the same thing with Kenmoor washer recently. Perfectly
>accessible with a few simple add/on labels.
>
>I think we aught to all stop buying all this overpriced special
>blind junk for a few years till the industry gets the idea that
>we'r sick of the current business model tthat thinks we all have
>rich agencies in our back pockets to pay for what everyone else
>gets for cheap.
>
>Great real world thinking Kelly!
>
>Just don't go out and try to buy a stove or a stereo! <G>
>
>tom Fowle
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