[access-uk] Re: Sight Village - Window-Eyes
- From: Steve Nutt <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 20:53:23 +0100
Hi Ray,
It will be 30 quid if I have anything to do with it, anyway, if they charge=
=20
50 US Dollars as they say they will.
By the way, you were slightly incorrect about the Office support. It will=
=20
be for Office 2000 up, not 97.
All the best
At 01:15 18/07/2004, Ray's Home spake these words of wisdom
>I know I have commented already on the rather uninspired presentation of
>Window-Eyes at SV. Shame, because the upcoming releases, have been so=
long
>in appearing.
>
>The first will enormously enhance MS Word usability from, I think 97
>upwards, is going to be very well received I am sure. There will be a
>separate MS Office menu in the control panel where Office specific=
functions
>can be tweaked, but unfortunately, this was not elaborated on. The other
>major improvement will be the colour dictionary so all 256 basic Windows
>colours will be named, or named to the nearest standard colour.
>
>The second installment of the Office makeover will address EXcel,=
Powerpoint
>and maybe other Office Apps. Seems GW have it in their sites to improve=
the
>help system in W-E too.
>
>More interesting perhaps, and I haven't seen this commented on elsewhere,=
is
>a proposed hire and purchase option. This means, if I recall Dan=
Weirich's
>words propperly, that you will be able to buy a $50.00 month's trial, and=
if
>you want to keep Window-Eyes, then pay further $50.00 installments until=
its
>paid for. Presumably if you do not renew in time, then the program would
>revert to a demo copy - (Dan didn't actually say that though).
>
>GW are addressing the issue of affordability and defered payments in a=
novel
>way. Many have been asking for a defered payments scheme for a long time.
>I was amused when Dan said, haltingly, 'I guess that would be =A330.00=
here'.
>To which I said, 'It should be'. We shall see.
>
>All the best.
>
>RAy.
>
>
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