[Blindtlk] JAWS 13 is out TODAY--lucky 13

Wed Oct 26 01:16:33 UTC 2011

It's actually not true that you pay the same exorbitant price.  The 
exorbitant price has climbed steadily upward.  *grin*  I remember a 
day when JAWS was half its current price, and I'm fairly young.

Joseph

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 10:18:07AM -0400, Brian Miller wrote:
>Too bad competition hasn't reduced the price at all... 13 versions later
>(not including interim versions) and we still pay the same exorbinent  price
>for every upgrade.  And of course if you don't keep up with them every year,
>like a tireless JAWS lapdog, then you get soaked for all those interim
>version to get current.  Even Microsoft isn't this rapacious.  I don't have
>to buy every intermediary version of Microsoft office just to get the latest
>version -- I buy the latest version, and that's all.
>
>I blame the VR system in many ways, since these state run programs are the
>biggest purchasers of JAWS, and they do not negotiate for better price
>structures.  Most of us are shielded from the high cost of technology until
>we get out from under the VR umbrella, out on our own, and suddenly we have
>to pay for things ourselves and realize we're getting soaked.
>
>Meanwhile, I can buy an iPhone of MAC, and have, for the exact same price as
>my sighted peers.  Hmmm.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of T. Joseph Carter
>Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 9:07 PM
>To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] JAWS 13 is out TODAY--lucky 13
>
>And this answers the question of how a screen reader like JAWS remains
>relevant in a world where access technologies are built in to the operating
>systems.  Neither Apple nor Microsoft is currently, nor is likely in the
>near future, to add an accessible OCR package to their built-in screen
>readers.
>
>Certainly it's doable, and the notion is obvious enough, but it's not been
>done before.
>
>Competition is good for customers-it produces innovation.
>
>Joseph
>
>
>On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 06:44:08PM -0500, David Andrews wrote:
>>
>>>
>>><http://www.freedomscientific.com/downloads/jaws/JAWS-whats-new.asp>Fr
>>>eedom Scientific just released JAWS 13 today
>>>
>>>One of the biggest items is Convenient OCR--for all those nasty PDF
>>>files that are inaccessible and refuse to be read...AH HAH...there is
>>>a solution now
>>>
>>>Frequently, you will encounter images that contain textual
>>>information. These can include a PDF file, the setup screen of an
>>>application, or the menu of selections for a DVD movie. While these
>>>images contain text that is readable by a sighted person, JAWS is
>>>unable to read the text as it is part of the image.
>>>
>>>The new Convenient OCR (Optical Character Recognition) feature enables
>>>you to access any image on the screen that includes text.
>>>With just a few simple keystrokes, JAWS will recognize the image in a
>>>matter of seconds and activate the JAWS cursor so you can navigate the
>>>resulting text. The recognized text will be in the same location as
>>>the actual image on the screen. In order to differentiate the
>>>recognized text from other text that may be in the window, JAWS will
>>>use a different voice when it encounters the recognized text. When you
>>>activate the PC cursor, or switch to another application or dialog
>>>box, the text is removed, and you will need to perform the OCR again.
>>>
>>>To use Convenient OCR, the following layered keystrokes have been added:
>>>
>>>INSERT+SPACEBAR, O, W. Recognizes the current application window
>>>that has focus.
>>>INSERT+SPACEBAR, O, S. Recognizes the entire screen.
>>>INSERT+SPACEBAR, O, C. Recognizes the currently selected control,
>>>such as a graphical button.
>>>INSERT+SPACEBAR, O, Q. Cancels recognition while it is in progress.
>>>INSERT+SPACEBAR, O, H. Speaks a brief help message describing the
>>>commands in the OCR layer.
>>>
>>>Read about all the new features at
>>><http://www.freedomscientific.com/downloads/jaws/JAWS-whats-new.asp>JA
>>>WS
>>>13
>>> More info at: <http://www.yourtechvision.com>www.yourtechvision.com
>>>       Denise
>>>
>>>Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D.
>>>CEO, TechVision
>>>Specialist in blind technology/teaching/training
>>>email:  <mailto:deniserob at gmail.com>yourtechvision at gmail.com
>>>Website with hundreds of lessons: yourtechvision.com
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