[jaws-uk] Re: The great jaws 8 debate?
- From: "Nigel" <stoppard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 16:38:47 -0000
Food, heating and water are essential to maintain life, a screen reader is
not.
Nigel
See above.
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From: "Iain Lackie" <ilackie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 7:49 PM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: The great jaws 8 debate?
>A lot of people are staarving but that doesn't make bread a luxury.
>
> iain
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> From: "Nigel" <stoppard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 6:45 PM
> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: The great jaws 8 debate?
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> I say they are a luxury item as a lot of blind people do not have such
> software.
>
> Nigel
> Do you have a sports car?
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> From: "Iain Lackie" <ilackie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 11:14 PM
> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: The great jaws 8 debate?
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>> They haven't been a luxury item. They are an expensive necessity.
>>
>> Iain
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Nigel" <stoppard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 4:42 PM
>> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: The great jaws 8 debate?
>>
>>
>> Very well said Robin.
>> Only thing I would say is that screen readers have always been a luxury
>> item
>> for the blind.
>>
>> Nigel
>> There's something wrong there.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Robin Clayden" <r.clayden@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 2:26 PM
>> Subject: [jaws-uk] The great jaws 8 debate?
>>
>>
>>>I sometimes wonder if we've reached a watershed in jaws and what it
>>> achieves in serving our needs. I mean, now we've just been introduced to
>>> IE7 and a suitably compatible version of Jaws, if you're O/S is XP, then
>>> don't you think you have enough ammunition to sit tight for the next
>>> five years and maybe much more without spending any more cash on this
>>> product? This I accept will apply more to the domestic user rather than
>>> us poor pro's in employment.
>>>
>>> By the time you reach the point where your system and jfw can't do the
>>> job you need, then your computer system might need replacing, an
>>> alternative screen reader at a much lower price may be around the market
>>> place, and heck, maybe they'll speed up that research and cure us all
>>> who suffer from RP!
>>>
>>> I totally agree that the enhancements in recent times, one could argue,
>>> don't justify the upgrade price, and they do tend to bring in these
>>> upgrades at frequent intervals when perhaps they could be re scheduled
>>> to a longer period encompassing more of the new features in one upgrade
>>> instead of two.
>>>
>>> But these techies at FS are constantly working to keep up with
>>> technology and I suppose they've got to earn a living, just a pity it
>>> has to be sponsored by us, the drawback of a product that's specialist
>>> and has a limited market. I admit it's easy to be kind of casual about
>>> the product when I'm fortunate to have mine paid by my employer, but I
>>> do sympathise with the domestic users who have to shell out a lot of
>>> cash they can't afford and find it difficult to agree they're getting
>>> value for their money.
>>>
>>> All in all it's a fantastic tool for blind and visually impaired people
>>> but it's fast becoming a luxury item.
>>>
>>> J m o,
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> Robin Clayden,
>>> Edinburgh College of Art,
>>> 74 Lauriston Place,
>>> EDINBURGH EH3 9DF.
>>>
>>> T: +44 0 131 221 6000
>>> E: r.clayden@xxxxxxxxx
>>> W: http://www.eca.ac.uk=20
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