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Subject:
JAWS for DOS 2.31 to become FREEWARE January 1, 1999 (fwd)
From:
Kelly Ford <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 4 Oct 1998 14:55:24 -0700
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>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                  October 2, 1998
>
>
>FOR MORE INFORMATION
>Wilson Craig
>Marketing Manager
>727-803-8000
>[log in to unmask]
>
>Henter-Joyce Inc. to Release JAWS for DOS Screen Reader Software
>as Freeware on the Internet at www.hj.com
>
>Henter-Joyce, Inc. has announced that JAWS for DOS 2.31, the product that
>brought the company to prominence in the access technology industry in 1988,
>will be released as freeware on the Internet beginning January 1, 1999. The
>company will discontinue sales and shipments of JAWS for DOS after this
>
>date, providing the software instead as a free download from the web at
>http://www.hj.com/SoftwareDownload/SWdnld.html.
>
>Those who wish to download and use the free software will require one of the
>many hardware speech synthesizers supported by JAWS for DOS.
>
>"Most people who use computers, including those who are blind and visually
>impaired, have migrated from DOS to Windows in recent years, and that's
>where we have focused our development efforts," said Henter-Joyce General
>Manager Jerry Bowman. "The decreased demand for DOS-based software, coupled
>with the overwhelming demand for our Windows-based screen reader, JAWS for
>Windows, makes this a good decision for us and for our customers."
>
>In order to better serve those using current versions of
>Henter-Joyce's JAWS for Windows (JFW) screen reader software, the company
>will discontinue technical support of JAWS for DOS beginning January 1,
>1999. Technical support for JFW versions 1.X and 2.X will also be
>discontinued on January 1, with the exception of JFW 2.00.29 being used
>with Microsoft Windows 3.1 Support for JFW 3.2 and 3.0 will be continued as
>usual. The discontinuation of support for earlier versions of JFW will
>ensure that users of more current JFW software will receive technical
>support in a more timely and efficient manner.
>
>For more information about Henter-Joyce, Inc., JAWS for Windows
>Screen-reader Software, or Magic Screen-magnification Software, please call
>1-800-336-5658 or visit the Henter-Joyce web site at  www.hj.com.
>
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