Well said Lou.
Pat, K9JAUAt 09:52 PM 1/24/2007, you wrote:
>Hi.
>
>Since we are going to go completely off topic, I might as well throw my two
>cents in.  I suspect that you have an axe to grind with Freedom Scientific,
>which is your right, but since you don't know where people on this list
>work, you ought to be a little careful where you throw your stones.  It
>just so happens that I am one of the people who work in adaptive
>technology, and when I recommend programs like JAWS, it is generally for
>specific reasons, generally having to do with a strength of that program
>over others.  For example, if someone is going to use Microsoft Office
>primarily, I would go with Window-Eyes because at this point in time it is
>superior to JAWS in its handling of MS Office.  But, if I am working with
>someone who is going into a workplace where customization needs to be done
>to work with a particular program, I am often more likely to go with JAWS
>because you can do things with scripting that Window-Eyes simply doesn't
>support.
>
>I can't say how things run in other states, but here there are reasons why
>we do what we do that go well beyond what we have always done, and even
>well beyond personal preference.
>
>I get a little tired of hearing people rip on an industry that has done so
>much to elevate blind people to jobs where they can actually make a
>living.  While I think it is too bad that the prices are as high as they
>are, I think you also have to look at the volume of sales and realize that
>the people who write the software, the people who support the software, the
>people who sell the software, and all of the support jobs for those people
>all have to make a living, too.
>
>So, I have a challenge for you.  If you can show me a screen reader that
>has the same scripting capabilities, the same ability to work with Java
>Access Bridge, and the same level of support for a wide variety of
>applications as JAWS, I'll stop recommending it.  I don't think you can do it.
>
>73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
>At 03:24 PM 1/23/2007 -0600, you wrote:
> >Their are better and or cheaper products for everything they
> >make.  The sad thing is that they have most of their market share
> >because the people who make the state decisions know nothing about
> >the workings of adaptive technology for the blind, so they go with
> >what they have always gone with.  This has nothing to do with lowest
> >bider like every other state purchase is supposed to do with.  Let
> >alone does that eliminate user choice, it means a waste of tax 
> payer dollars.
> >Nobody is held accountable for that.  We all pay more both in tax
> >dollars, but if we purchase their products with our money, their
> >prices are higher because the market will pay that price.
> >
> >
> >
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