Re: Why I am not going to use JAWS
- From: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 07:27:47 -0500
Would you mind listing all the specific applications you have found to work
with that other screen reader? It does not seem possible that an open
source screen reader could work with more applications than JAWS. And as
far as FS's licensing procedure is concerned, most blind users are grateful
just to have one computer, let alone three or four. Anyone who can afford
to own multiple computers can also afford to pay FS's licensing fees. To
me, it is hypocritical for someone who can afford to own more than one
computer to criticize FS's pricing policies.
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "chris hallsworth" <christopherh40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 7:05 AM
Subject: Why I am not going to use JAWS
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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Chris Hallsworth
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