[nvda] Re: what to call NVDA?

Hi John,

I have never had a job that only required the use of one or two 
applications.  Also, if a company isn't going to permit the installation of 
a full screen reader like JAWS or Window-Eyes, then they probably are also 
going to give you trouble with NVDA for some lame reason or another.

As far as a lawsuit, well, that's typically the very last resort rather than 
the first when fighting against a case of discrimination.  It has been my 
experience that most people want good rather than bad publicity, and have 
managed to resolve most discrimination type issues without even needing to 
resort to the law...  :)




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Greer" <jpgreer17@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 1:09 PM
Subject: [nvda] Re: what to call NVDA?


So rather than spending thousands of dollars fighting a discrimination
lawsuit, which many blind people don't have that kind of money, why not use
NVDA for what is possible right now.  If your job only requires you to use
Microsoft Word and they do not want employees to install 3rd party software,
why not use NVDA for that purpose.  Blah blah blah etc. etc.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darrell Shandrow" <nu7i@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 2:52 PM
Subject: [nvda] Re: what to call NVDA?


> Hi Trenton,
>
> I've had a number of tech jobs and haven't had any trouble installing JAWS
> on machines at work.  If I am not able to do it myself, then it is a
> function performed by the company's IT department.  Since a screen reader
> is
> often required for a blind / visually impaired person to do their job, it
> is, well, discrimination not to ultimately permit its installation for
> that
> purpose.
>
> Right, now, I feel NVDA is great for many users for performing their
> day-to-day home based computing activities, but, in many cases, it
> probably
> isn't quite job-ready yet.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "trenton matthews" <afrang150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 12:47 PM
> Subject: [nvda] Re: what to call NVDA?
>
>
> I agree! How can a program, Job Access With Speech be called that, if most
> offices won't let people install it at their work place. Even for a
> pin-drive, it just doesn't help at all! So honestly, ther's no freedom
> with
> Freedom Scientific, if you can't have the freedom to use any computer
> anywhere, even at college,  That's not freedom!
> The good thing about NVDA? No one will know you're using a screen reader!
> Unless they acctually look on the system tray...
> When the next latest version of NVDA comes to the world, that will be on
> the
> pen drive I have, and on my desktop PC, NVDA snap shots!
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Greer" <jpgreer17@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 1:00 PM
> Subject: [nvda] Re: what to call NVDA?
>
>
>> maybe Freedom Scientific would be the people that need to change the name
>> of their screen reader rather than the NVDA team.   . Maybe the people at
>> FS can call it Just Another Waste and Spend.  Wow hmmm, All they would
>> have to do is add another A. to their logo, contact George Lucas to get
>> permission to use the Jawas as their mascot, and raise the price another
>> 100 dollars per user of their screen reader to cover the cost of doing
>> that. LOL ok now back to useful discussion.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Stephen" <whocrazy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 3:04 AM
>> Subject: [nvda] Re: what to call NVDA?
>>
>>
>>>I have a few ideas,
>>> open reader, screen queen, open ears, screen genie
>>> At 04:39 PM 29/04/2007, you wrote:
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>I just asked one of my other blind friends on messenger. he likes the
>>>>name provox for windows. I like flipper the best. What name do you think
>>>>is more catchy and would get people to use the screen reader?
>>>>
>>>>Josh
>>>>
>>>>email: jkenn337@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>msn: kenn6498ku@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>AOL: kutztownstudent
>>>>skype: jkenn337
>>>>
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>>>>open
>>>>source free screen reader for Microsoft Windows:
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