[access-uk] Re: hi horse time.
- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 13:23:32 -0000
Only two brief things I can say here Simon.
1. Always pays to look at more than one source of advice, although I think a
straightforward full list of names of suppliers and contact info should be
provided by someone, especially those who shouldn't have a commercial axe to
grind, i.e. situated in the vol sector.
2. Along with this, impartial advice, as far as that is really on offer,
should make itclear what a screen reader actually is. So, is Guide a screen
reader in the propper sense? I would contend that maybe it isn't. I believe
it might be described more accurately as a 'self-voicing apllication suite'.
Please someone correct me if I am wrong, but I believe the Guide software puts
users in a VI friendly environment outside of MS Office, or anyother app that a
screen reader can handle.
All the best.
Ray
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----- Original Message -----
From: "simon.dowling"
| hi list, just out of interest typed in guide screen reader in to google as I
| haven't heard of this screen reader before and wanted to find out its
| features.
| now here's the strange part, I will just give 2 examples below and let you
| judge for your self.
| www.keyspell.com claim to be the screen reader experts, aren't they all?
| well no mention of window eyes, look out or guide.
| and
| www.uky.edu/TLC/grants/uk_ed/at_reading.html
| don't mention hal/sn look out or guide.
| now surely, a person looking for a new screen reader who is new to all this,
| should have the broadest picture possible?
| he/she may be recommended a particular flavour of screen reader but they may
| not have the funds or the time to invest in say the big three, namely hal
| jaws and window eyes.
| god knows they're all complex for the best of us at times especially when an
| upgrade is out.
| the only good thing I found that the rnib does mention all flavours of what
| you can get so from an access point of view surely these so called experts
| should have mandatory links to all possible avenues and not force the
| consumer down a specific road.
| can of worms or what?
| Simon
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