[jaws-uk] Re: The great jaws 8 debate?

  • From: "Nigel" <stoppard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:45:30 -0000

I say they are a luxury item as a lot of blind people do not have such 
software.

Nigel
Do you have a sports car?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Iain Lackie" <ilackie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 11:14 PM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: The great jaws 8 debate?


> They haven't been a luxury item. They are an expensive necessity.
>
> Iain
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Nigel" <stoppard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 4:42 PM
> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: The great jaws 8 debate?
>
>
> Very well said Robin.
> Only thing I would say is that screen readers have always been a luxury 
> item
> for the blind.
>
> Nigel
> There's something wrong there.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robin Clayden" <r.clayden@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 2:26 PM
> Subject: [jaws-uk] The great jaws 8 debate?
>
>
>>I sometimes wonder if we've reached a watershed in jaws and what it
>> achieves in serving our needs. I mean, now we've just been introduced to
>> IE7 and a suitably compatible version of Jaws, if you're O/S is XP, then
>> don't you think you have enough ammunition to sit tight for the next
>> five years and maybe much more without spending any more cash on this
>> product? This I accept will apply more to the domestic user rather than
>> us poor pro's in employment.
>>
>> By the time you reach the point where your system and jfw can't do the
>> job you need, then your computer system might need replacing, an
>> alternative screen reader at a much lower price may be around the market
>> place, and heck, maybe they'll speed up that research and cure us all
>> who suffer from RP!
>>
>> I totally agree that the enhancements in recent times, one could argue,
>> don't justify the upgrade price, and they do tend to bring in these
>> upgrades at frequent intervals when perhaps they could be re scheduled
>> to a longer period encompassing more of the new features in one upgrade
>> instead of two.
>>
>> But these techies at FS are constantly working to keep up with
>> technology and I suppose they've got to earn a living, just a pity it
>> has to be sponsored by us, the drawback of a product that's specialist
>> and has a limited market. I admit it's easy to be kind of casual about
>> the product when I'm fortunate to have mine paid by my employer, but I
>> do sympathise with the domestic users who have to shell out a lot of
>> cash they can't afford and find it difficult to agree they're getting
>> value for their money.
>>
>> All in all it's a fantastic tool for blind and visually impaired people
>> but it's fast becoming a luxury item.
>>
>> J m o,
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Robin Clayden,
>> Edinburgh College of Art,
>> 74 Lauriston Place,
>> EDINBURGH EH3 9DF.
>>
>> T: +44 0 131 221 6000
>> E: r.clayden@xxxxxxxxx
>> W: http://www.eca.ac.uk=20
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