[access-uk] Re: Thunder comments
- From: "TONY CRETNEY" <rac@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 15:57:07 +0100
It seems a bit improbable to me that the programme will be made any better,
since the firm which produces it are also producing low price screen readers
and will want to sell them rather than letting people have a fully functional
programme for nothing.
Just my thoughts for what they are worth.
Tony
----- Original Message -----
From: Baldev Shinder
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 2:15 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Thunder comments
Hello Chris
I also tried this program for about half a day or so but my experiences were
also negative - it was irresponsive most times and I couldn't work like that so
I reverted to my normal screenreader.
It is a nice idea to have the free software but I think it needs to work
properly and not mute itself whenever it felt like it.
I couldn't grasp it as it is at the moment but I think it can be improved and
made more responsive - then I'll have another look.
Cheers
Baldev Shinder
West Bromwich, West Midlands U.K.
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Chris Hallsworth
Sent: 19 August 2006 13:38
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Thunder comments
Dear all,
I'm writing to report on my views of Thunder. I'm trying it again, and it is
quite good, as stated previously. However, I am not impressed, as it definitely
does not read out conversations in MSN/Windows/Windows Live Messenger. Also,
when I want to compose e-mail in Outlook Express, Thunder does not announce
what characters I'm deleting using the backspace key, although it does when
pressing the forward delete key. Thirdly, Thunder hardly works in either
Mozilla Firefox or Thunderbird, which is quite annoying, since that's my
favourite e-mail client to date as it's more secure. Finally, I'm using the
Eloquence TTS Engine, and, if you press the right square bracket key, it says
something like right score bracket, which is strange. Finally (and I mean
finally), Thunder says quote when you press the apostrophe character, which is
a bit confusing.
I hope you find these comments useful, and I look forward to hear from you.
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