Re: Why I am not going to use JAWS
- From: wogg le4 <woggle4@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:35:28 +0000
Hi all, let me recommend apple - free screen reader built in:)
On 12/21/10, chris hallsworth <christopherh40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all.
> I sure did. Sorry about that.
> Take care.
>
>
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> On 21/12/2010 13:59, Brandon Misch wrote:
>> you forgot about what happens with hardware components and what happens
>> even if you update your ram?
>>
>> On Dec 21, 2010, at 7:05 AM, chris hallsworth wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all.
>>> I will publicly state why I am refusing to use JAWS. It is Freedom
>>> Scientific's attitude towards pricing and their license schemes. Some of
>>> us can't or won't afford to buy JAWS, especially if the free one is just
>>> as good as JAWS. As for the license scheme, the user is punished to
>>> license JAWS on up to three machines. With the free and even other
>>> commercial screen readers one can install on as many computers as they
>>> have so long as one machine is used at a time, no questions asked. With
>>> JAWS, once all three authorizations have been used they would then have
>>> to request FS for more keys. Eventually and I will say eventually they
>>> will refuse flat and get paranoid about people sharing authorization
>>> keys. I understand piracy and all that and I certainly don't commit to
>>> any of that stuff however at the same time FS is just asking for money
>>> and not caring about the customer. True there is a dongle option, but
>>> even they can have their fair share of problems. Now for the technical,
> I
>> do find the free one to be actually more stable and even works with
>> more applications than JAWS. You may find this shocking but this is true
>> according to my personal experience.
>>> Sorry for the rant but you did suggest I state publicly my reasons. So
>>> there you go.
>>> Take care.
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