[Blindtlk] FW: Press Release from GW Micro GW Skype

[Chris Nusbaum]

I have a friend who uses GW Skype, and it seems a lot more 
confusing than the JAWS scripts.  From what I hear, a lot of 
people don't like it.  I'm sticking with the JAWS scripts, and 
NVDA, which needs no scripts to work with Skype.  By the way, I 
just downloaded NVDA this week as a backup screen reader in case 
JAWS crashes or does something weird or I don't like how JAWS is 
interacting with a certain program.  It works very well! Any 
thoughts?

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 ----- Original Message -----
From: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com
To: promotion-technology at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:41:28 -0600
Subject: [Blindtlk] FW: Press Release from GW Micro GW Skype


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
GW Micro Launches GWSkype
Fort Wayne, Indiana (December 19, 2011) - GW Micro, Inc.
(<http://www.gwmicro.com>www.gwmicro.com) announced a major
 innovation today for the blind and
visually impaired community.
GW Micro,
developers of Window-Eyes, the most powerful screen reader 
available,
have developed GWSkype - a Window-Eyes app that makes Skype 
accessible
to all blind and visually impaired people who use a Windows 
computer.
Skype is a peer-to-peer service that allows users to call and 
message
others via
the Internet.  Skype users may also call other landlines for a 
fee.  While
Skype
has been around for years, its constantly changing user interface 
has
been extremely difficult for blind and visually impaired users.  
"Each
time the user interface changes, we have to completely write new 
a new
Window-Eyes app to account for the changes,"
said Dan Weirich, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for GW 
Micro.
"These constant
changes make it difficult or impossible for blind and visually
impaired consumers to continue using the Skype service."
The new GWSkype app will always make the Skype service available 
to
blind and visually impaired computer users regardless of new 
versions
of Skype that are
released.  The
GWSkype app is a Window-Eyes app and demonstrates the power of
Window-Eyes apps unmatched by any of its competitors.  As 
Christmas is
approaching, GW Micro is releasing the GWSkype app to all blind 
and
visually impaired users who are running Windows at no cost.  So, 
even
a consumer not running Window-Eyes can still download and use the
GWSkype app.
"We believe that this is a special time of year and we want to 
give back,"
said Weirich.
"GWSkype is a special gift from GW Micro to all blind and 
visually
impaired users of Windows".
The GWSkype app can be downloaded at
 
<http://www.gwmicro.com/apps/gwskype.>http://www.gwmicro.com/apps
/gwskype.
You can
download the GWSkype live webinar and product demonstration at
<http://www.gwmicro.com/podcast>www.gwmicro.com/podcast.
GW Micro has been a trusted pioneer in the adaptive technology
industry since 1990, and continues to lead with innovative, 
customer
driven solutions.
SkypeT is a trademark of Skype Technologies S.A.
Contact:
Dan Weirich, VP of Sales and Marketing
<mailto:dan%40gwmicro.com>dan at gwmicro.com
(260) 489-3671
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