Re: Thoughts on NEw JAWS
- From: "dennis" <dennis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 09:22:18 -0500
i also use the place markers but only use the quotation voice to speak
quoted text from the speech and sounds maniger. i think the sounds are a
waist.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Troy Burnham" <tburnham@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 2:46 PM
Subject: Re: Thoughts on NEw JAWS
> I also use the place markers but that is about it as far as the new stuff
> in Jaws 5.
> Troy
>
>
>
> On Saturday 8/21/2004 02:42 PM, Kerri said:
> >well chris, allow me to be the first, I do use place markers and
> >personalized web settings but that speech and sounds manager can be
scrapped
> >for bettre functionality in my opinion. Kerri.
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Chris Skarstad" <toonhead5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 11:01 PM
> >Subject: Re: Thoughts on NEw JAWS
> >
> >
> >Speaking of remote access, I heard in an interview Eric Damery did that
FS
> >is thinking about charging extra for remote desktop and citrix support, I
> >believe the figure he gave was somewhere in the area of $200. Personally,
I
> >think this is pure d wrong. Window-eyes has access to Citrix and remote
> >desktop in the current version and it's absolutely free. Why on earth
> >should we pay $200 for something that's available for free elsewhere?
FS
> >needs to get back on target with the user base, realize that we're not
> >interested in all these bells and whistles, and fix the outstanding
issues
> >like the focus problems like others have said. But the question is how
> >this can be accomplished. There does appear to be a lot of bug fixes in
> >the 5.1 release so that's all good and well and I'm quite sure people
who
> >use MS word will benefit from these. But I don't know a single person
who
> >tells me that they've used place markers, the personalized web settings
or
> >the speech and sounds manager. To be quite blunt and forward, I think
the
> >programmers are just showing off and saying, look what we can do!
Ifthey
> >could get back to basics I think it would go a long way to regaining
> >people's trust.
> >
> >
> >
> > At 12:22 AM 8/21/2004, you wrote:
> > >Bruce,
> > >
> > >Right on, I am not personally excited at all about the Speech Manager;
I
> > >rarely save specific website settings, so those features don't mean
much to
> > >me.
> > >
> > >I'm still waiting for resolutions to the focus issues and other bugs,
as
> >well
> > >as support for other things such as remote access.
> > >
> > >Steve
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Bruce Toews" <coke_drinker@xxxxxxxx>
> > >To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 9:19 PM
> > >Subject: Thoughts on NEw JAWS
> > >
> > >
> > >First of all, it seems FS is still desperate for us to be excited about
> > >the sound schemes feature that 5.0 introduced. I'm not seeing this
> > >excitement in the real world. Maybe it's there and I'm missing it.
> > >
> > >I see nothing about the menus-reading issues and the other
long-standing
> > >issues that are repeatedly addressed here and elsewhere. Are they
> > >increasingly out of touch with their users? I'm afraid so. At the risk
of
> > >getting too far off-topic and raising James's frustrations, I'll stop
> > >here.
> > >
> > >Bruce
> > >
> > >--
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