[bookshare-discuss] Re: scanning books
- From: "Traci Evans" <season@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 05:15:44 -0700
Hi,
I was one of those who started out with a 386 with DOS 5. It was terrible
because the day I finished my formal computer training and received my
certificate in customer service/computer application technologies, Wordperfect
6 and DOS 6 burst onto the scene and they were making noise about windows. I
was terrified. So seeing tyhe error of my way, Rehab gutted my tower of its
deck talk card, vocal eyes software, arkenstone easy scanning software and gave
me windows 95. Talk about a jump! My then husband had a windows 3.11 computer
with outspoken screen reader but I never considered using it and no way was I
going onto the net with it. I had to train myself and then came windows
millinium. Had to be trained to use that system. It stank and had lots of
bugs with crashing issues. I'm probably one of the only people who will ever be
heard to sy I was glad when Visgta came onto the scene. Anything had o be
better than y2k. I've had my laptop for a year and now here we go a switching
software again. Ug. ----- Original Message -----
From: robert tweedy
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 4:20 AM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: scanning books
But here is the bad news, XP isn't going to be supported after the spring of
next year if the rumors are true.
----- Original Message -----
From: Duane Iverson
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 6:45 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: scanning books
Dear Jamie:
Your Humble correspondent held on to his Windows 98 computer until it died!
I then jumped to Windows XP.
I was fortunate to be able to buy the XP computer about twenty minutes
before Vista exploded on to the seen.
Vista is the next step up from XP.
Vista was generally well received! that is if you compare it to a canker
sore or gingivitis.
Windows 7 is the next step in the relentless advance of Microsoft Windows.
We had windows 1, 2, 3, then Windows 965 then Windows 98.
Windows Millennium, then Windows XP, then Windows Vista. In October we get
Windows 7.
you wrote "You know what, I'm happy with the computer system and software I
have I think. Maybe I don't wanna know."
Good Call.
Of course sooner or later they'll make you upgrade. Hopefully I can hold on
to my XP until about Windows nine or something.
Of course I might have to upgrade when JAWS 15 stops supporting anything
below Vista or Kurzweil version 22 runs only on Windows 9 and above, but I'll
burn that bridge when they drag me to it.
Duane Iverson
----- Original Message -----
From: Jamie Yates, CPhT
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