RE: Why I am not going to use JAWS
- From: "Richard P. Kelly" <rpkelly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 07:17:31 -0600
Hello Chris,
I'd be most curious to know what productivity software, if any, your free
application provides superior access too. For example, I always test a new
screen reader with the data input screens of Quickbooks. I can be
productive with Jaws and QB, but not so with Window Eyes, NVDA, or others
which I've not so recently tested.
Freedom Scientific, as do all the other software vendors whose applications
I run, require licensing. If not for such methods of generating funds to
develop and support aplications; I dare say we'd be twiddling our thumbs
waiting for some well healed philanthropists to develop products to enrich
our lives and allow us to be independent.
Sure, I grumble each time I pay to upgrade software and computer hardware...
...I also realize how fortunate we as blind people are to be living at a
time in history where such technologies are there to enrich our lives.
As you use all those wonderful free applications, keep in mind that you have
no right to complain about them when they do not work or suddenly disappear
entirely. We get what we pay for.
Cordially,
Richard P. Kelly
rpkelly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.new-visions-network.com
-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of chris hallsworth
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 6:06 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: 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.
Sorry for the rant but you did suggest I state publicly my reasons. So there
you go.
Take care.
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