[jaws-uk] Why I am not going to use JAWS
- From: chris hallsworth <christopherh40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:19:28 +0000
Hello all.
I will publicly state why I am refusing to use JAWS. It is Freedom
Scientific's attitude towards pricing and their license schemes. Some of
us can't or won't afford to buy JAWS, especially if the free one is just
as good as JAWS. As for the license scheme, the user is punished to
license JAWS on up to three machines. With the free and even other
commercial screen readers one can install on as many computers as they
have so long as one machine is used at a time, no questions asked. With
JAWS, once all three authorizations have been used they would then have
to request FS for more keys. Eventually and I will say eventually they
will refuse flat and get paranoid about people sharing authorization
keys. I understand piracy and all that and I certainly don't commit to
any of that stuff however at the same time FS is just asking for money
and not caring about the customer. True there is a dongle option, but
even they can have their fair share of problems. Now for the technical,
I do find the free one to be actually more stable and even works with
more applications than JAWS. You may find this shocking but this is true
according to my personal experience.
On a positive note, I would like to publicly thank the guys at Sight and
Sound. They have been really helpful in answering my JAWS queries, even
though the suggestions may not be what I was looking for. It's better to
have good communication rather than nothing at all. So thanks, and keep
up the great works.
Take care.
--
Chris Hallsworth
You can contact me at the following channels:
E-mail and Facebook: challsworth2@xxxxxxx
MSN: ch9675@xxxxxxxxxxx
Skype: chrishallsworth7266
Twitter: http://twitter.com/christopherh40
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