[jaws-uk] Re: An old chestnut

  • From: "John SAVAGE" <johnnyboy184@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 10:15:29 +0100

Alex, you've overlooked a crucial word in Amie's post: "substandard".  All 
contributors to this thread have made it clear that they're happy to pay a 
fair price for a good product.  What pees us off is when FS slips below 
acceptable standards yet still charges us top whack.
John.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Stone - CW" <Alex.Stone-CW@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 9:52 AM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: An old chestnut


> Amie, yes, but the logical extension of that argument is that everything
> should be free and nobody should be expected to pay for (or do)
> anything.
> Cheers
> Alex
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Amie Slavin
> Sent: 06 September 2011 17:15
> To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: An old chestnut
>
> But I don't think I do need to put myself in their position.  I'm a
> customer, a consumer.  It is for them to put themselves, as a
> profit-making business, in my position.  Even as a self-employed sole
> trader I wouldn't dream of using my need for income as an excuse for
> monopolising a captive market with a substandard product.  Neither would
> any of the business people of my acquaintance.  It is for businesses to
> serve customers; not the other way around.
> Bang :o) (for Tom)
> A
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Graham Page
> Sent: 06 September 2011 16:12
> To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: An old chestnut
>
> Amie yes I'm afraid you are rather going off on one.  You need to put
> yourself in the position of the manufacturer of the screenreader who
> relies on the screenreader sales for income.
>
> Yes there are problems with the over all model.  Yes I have problems
> with some aspects of the way freedom scientific in particular chooses to
> do business i.e. aggressive use of law suits.
> It is interesting to note that while apple  has developed its own
> screenreader, there is also some suggestion at least that the next
> version of windows 8 will have a more useful screenreader built in.
>
> I do hope that there will come a time when expensive screenreaders that
> cost more than the hardware they run on will not be required as they
> will be part of the operating system but if programmers and technical
> support people have to live off the revenue of sales from a screenreader
> it is likely to be expensive.
>
> Regards
>
> Graham
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Amie Slavin
> Sent: 06 September 2011 14:24
> To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: An old chestnut
>
> For sure, just as I'm looking at JAWS 12.  What a confounded rip-off the
> whole racket is.
> Well done us for not swearing (lol) when, yet again, confronted with
> this very old chestnut, centring on blind people being an easy target
> for those intent on making money out of tech sighted people would laugh
> out of the water.
> Anyway, here I go, off on one: chunter chunter chunter.
> Thanks Tom, for pointing this out.  Important info.
> A
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of tom.reid21@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: 06 September 2011 14:17
> To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jaws-uk] An old chestnut
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I've gone on for some time about access 2003--7 not being read properly
> under xp. the tab is silent.
>
> Through sightandsound, we have a reply from F s saying that it is a
> known issue under xp and vista.
>
> here's the punch line, though, it is scheduled to be fixed under jaws
> 13.
>
> I've got an sma for this so may be okay if it is fixed, but, what about
> those who haven't.
>
> Surely, this is not good enough.
>
> anybody affected should raise this.
>
> tom
>
>
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