It was interesting to hear sight And Sound say that LookTell hadn't developed any further and admit that the PAC Mate was well behind the field. The RNIB interview was definitely the standout piece.
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Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:55 PM To: infotech@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [infotech] Re: the Sight Villege magazine Hi Terry and all, A brilliant magazine as usual. I loved the RNIB interview since it was so candid. The screen readers were very disappointing. Yes, advances have certainly been made but all I could see was that everyone was catching up with everyone else and that is that. Nothing really new like access to Visio or remote control access using mainstream software etc. I am getting a feeling that we need to own multiple screen readers to avoid playing catch-up. For instance, Window Eyes can handle WPF controls. I am not sure Jaws can or I think the support broke. The most encouraging thing in that entire section was Brian Hartgen agreeing to do in-depth coverage of Window Eyes and NVDA which, by the way stands for Non-visual desktop access. <chuckle I wish you had covered camera scanning appliances again but I am not surprised you did not since there is not much new there either. How about an Android phone demo on InfoTech? Yes, there are several podcasts out already but none of them make me feel as if I have virtually handled the product; that distinction goes to InfoTech. As for portable players, yes, wireless access is nice and that is all good but how about the basics like solar chargers and extending the battery life above 15 hours? By the way, whoever came up with the name of guide cats? Those cds sound interesting. I can't stand cats so that kind of turns me off but that is just my weird neurons. Pranav To contact the list owners, please send a message to brian.hartgen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or terry.clasper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from the list, please send a message to infotech-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribein the subject line.
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