RE: JAWS question for a friend

  • From: "Dorothy Ingram-Gorban" <dorothy.ingram-gorban@xxxxxxxxx>
  • From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
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  • Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 09:40:36 +0100

The one and only version of Jaws that I got from the VA was 3. The visual 
impairment services team coordinator was less than receptive to the idea of 
the VA providing me with more SMAs. I certainly hope things have changed in 
the past few years.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cy Selfridge" <cyselfridge@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 9:33 AM
Subject: RE: JAWS question for a friend


> Hi,
> I seriously doubt if the VA is dealing in second hand or pirated software.
> From my knowledge the software the VA hands out should also come with
> someone to help install it. I have noticed that the VA seems to be handing
> out the JAWS 11 to many vets who have very old versions of JAWS. It would
> appear that the VA did not help vets with their older versions by 
> reminding
> them that they (the vets) should keep up their own SMAs.
> I have a friend who does tech work for the VA and he delivers and installs
> the new versions of the software supplied by the VA.
> Cy, The Anasazi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Lisle, Ted (CHFS DMS)
> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 7:43 AM
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: JAWS question for a friend
>
> Is the VA handing out second-hand or pirated software?  If they obtained
> a copy of JAWS 11 from the company or a dealer, it should come complete
> with a  license.  This begs the question of where they got a copy of
> JAWS 6 in the first place, unless the center had an old copy around
> ,which was licensed to them.
>
> Ted
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Laura Shumate
> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 10:00 AM
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: JAWS question for a friend
>
> He will just need to get a new license key
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cindy Handel" <cindy425@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "JFW" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 8:05 PM
> Subject: JAWS question for a friend
>
>
>> My neighbor has been blind for eight or ten years.  He went to a V.A.
>> training center and got his computer and JAWS 6.  Just recently, the
> V.A.
>> gave him JAWS 11.  He asked me to help him install it.  It installed,
> but
>> said something about his authorization being to old.  I can't remember
> the
>> exact statement.  I told him he should call FS tomorrow to see what he
>
>> needs
>> to do.
>>
>> What happens in a case like this?  Will he or the V.A. have to pay an
>> additional fee to go from JAWS 6 to 11?
>>
>> Cindy
>> "Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then...find the
> way."
>> Abraham Lincoln
>>
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