[jaws-uk] Re: Why I am not going to use JAWS

  • From: "Alex Stone" <alex.stone@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:20:30 -0000

Hmm, you say that, but I tried a month's trial of it about three months ago,
and absolutely hated it!
Cheers
Alex

-----Original Message-----
From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Brandon Misch
Sent: 21 December 2010 17:58
To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Why I am not going to use JAWS

actually system access does what you need buy it once and never pay for
sma's ever again and it uses pretty much all of the jaws keys since the
layout is based on jaws. 

On Dec 21, 2010, at 11:28 AM, Kevin Morris wrote:

> I've been using Jaws for about 14 years now and find it very good.
> Having said that, I'm familiar with it and it may well be that if I
> tried NVDA or other similar software I'd be converted.
> 
> It does appear that Jaws is overpriced (it would be great if you just
> paid, once for it and you got all subsequent upgrades free without the
> need for SMAs etc).
> 
> I'm not going to ditch it yet but would certainly welcome an expansion
> of choice and, as Graham mentions the incorporation of screen reading
> software into all PCs would be a very welcome development.
> 
> Kevin
> 
> On 21/12/2010, Graham Page <gpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> JAWS for Windows is becoming an increasingly large download and I do find
>> myself wondering if it is not time that JAWS had a rewrite, dropping more
of
>> the legacy support.  It is wholly  reasonable for example for JAWS not to
>> support anything older than Windows XP which has now been around for over
9
>> years.  As many people have said though, there is now little if any
>> justification for the differences between JAWS standard and JAWS
>> Professional and JAWS Pro should in my opinion be dropped and JAWS should
be
>> sold at the same price as the standard virsion, working with all
operating
>> systems.  In the longer term however, the PC should go the same way as
the
>> Mac with a screenreader included as standard that really works.  Only
when
>> we reach this stage can   we even begin to talk about equal access to
>> computers.  Some vendors and manufacturers would go out of business  but
>> that is just tough luck.   This may be eutopia rather than a realistic
>> possibility but lets just say that if Microsoft were to purchase one of
the
>> existing screenreaders and employ an appropriate amount of development
staff
>> so the screenreader could be shipped with windows it would make things
very
>> interesting indeed.  JAWS would be an obvious target as it probably still
>> has the largest user base.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Graham
>> 
>> Graham Page
>> Mobile: 07753 607980
>> Fax:  0870 706 2773
>> Email: gpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> MSN: gabriel_mcbird@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> Skype: gabriel_mcbird
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On
>> Behalf Of chris hallsworth
>> Sent: 21 December 2010 12:19
>> To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [jaws-uk] Why I am not going to use JAWS
>> 
>> 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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