TalkSerotek: Re: questions regarding System Access from a new user Think of it this way!
- From: James Aldrich <jkaldrich@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: talk-serotek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:19:50 -0400
Hello Channelle and list,
Keep in mind, you are in the driver's seat when it comes to your own
access technology needs. A committee of any kind on this list or
anywhere else shouldn't determine what is needed and best suited for
you! That is totally up to you! That's the bottom line! In my
opinion, anyone defending JFW or Window Eyes as the best solution is
greatly out of step with what is happening with System Access! System
Access is foreign to the above mentioned screen readers. It uses
differing concepts than those of Window Eyes or JFW. Look for CSAW in
the help section. A video driver isn't needed when running System
Access. I can use System Access on a weak battery in my laptop longer
than I can use Window Eyes. This is partly due to the video drivers,
voice engine and a few other things! System Access doesn't have you
carry around so much baggage in order to use it so to speak. The
people at Serotek acknowledge that other solutions may be needed in
some situations! So nobody is going to frown on you for using JFW or
Window Eyes especially if these work with a situation you feel these
options are better suited. Scripts may not be needed here in most
situations! You don't have to be a computer geek in order to run
System Access! If you need to have pronunciation changed in some
situations, various Windows need to be read continually and on it goes,
then you may need to keep the traditional solutions! Again! This is
up to you!
Think of your journey with System Access as a journey of discovery!
Ask yourself What does it work with rather than what doesn't it work
with! Try System Access whenever you use your computer and try it with
many varying situations! I think you will find that it isn't geeky!
It isn't hard on your pocket book! Product Support is unlike anything
you have seen before, I promise you!
I think a few questions are in order!
Where else can you try a high quality screen reader free of charge?
Where else can you get a free thirty day trial of not only the screen
reader but the network as well? Where else can you simply press enter
on a link and your favorite music or movie is playing? Where else can
you easily sync this content to a Victor Stream and perhaps other
devices? Does any other access vendor allow for remote access of a PC?
What other resource offers you the ability to plug in that U3 drive and
use the screen access program, descriptive video library, scanned
documents, notes to yourself, your favorite music sites and a host of
other things and plug these into any number of XP or Vista machines and
have them available in seconds? Which screen reader keeps your speech
settings wherever you go or keeps your settings of each speech engine
you choose? These days, the Alva BC640 and a new Handitech Braille
Display works with System Access! These displays don't require
specialized drivers. Those displays using specialized drivers for the
traditional screen readers won't work with System Access. I would say
the answer is obvious! Nobody else offers so much for so little! If
you decide you wish to have this for yourself, you can simply give your
credit card number and you will be on the air! You will be a fully
licensed System Access Mobile User! Yes! Even your Email goes on
whatever XP or Vista PC you choose! As they say in their motto!
"Access Anywhere"! You don't have to wait for that CD or collect a
housefull of them! System Access is upgraded continually!
Okay! You may have holes in what you access! System Access may be
able to fill a few more of those holes! After all! Aren't we trying
to improve what is accessible? Perhaps System Access may be worth a
great deal to you if it makes something accessible which wasn't
accessible with the above mentioned screen readers! If System Access
plays second fiddle, that's perfectly okay! If it fills in a few more
access holes, this is exactly what you were hoping for! ~
Yes! I have window Eyes and I'm quite happy with it when I use it!
I'm finding though that I am using System Access better than Ninety
percent of the time! Why! It is so easy to use! I can go from one PC
to another and continue where I left off! If need be, I plug it in and
use it! The people here are very friendly and upbeat!
No solution is perfect and nobody is perfect! In my judgment, or
should I say my opinion, gone are the days of my screen reader is
better than your screen reader! That's how it should be! The question
should always be, which screen reader works better in a given
situation! I pointed out any number of situations where the three
established screen readers can't hold a candle to system access! I of
course am referring to how flexible and portable system access is! I'm
willing to bet System Access will meet ninety percent of your computing
needs! That's quite good for a system which had the leisure computer
user in mind rather than a user in the work place! Simply read all
material on the Serotek site and that which you find on SA Mobile.
I hope you will find these thoughts to be a better vehicle for making
your decision! I believe System Access for me has been worth more for
my money than any other access technology I have! I wish you well on
your journey of discovery!
Sincerely,
Jim Aldrich
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