[Blindtlk] What is an SAM and is it Worth the Cost?

[Danielle Ledet]

If you purchase 17, the 2 upgrades are 18 and 19.

On 11/12/15, Steve Jacobson via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Christine,
>
> Some of how this works can depend upon when you last upgraded and such so
> it
> is hard to know exactly what would be offered.  However, it is safe to say
> that you will always save money by purchasing an SMA.  The only issue is
> whether you want to pay for future upgrades at once to save money or not.
> In your case, buying an SMA will either get you version 17 and 18 and you
> would not pay extra for a version 17 upgrade, or you would buy the version
> 17 upgrade and get 18 and 19 in your SMA.  You will have to talk to Freedom
> Scientific to see how exactly it is done.  You would not pay for an upgrade
> twice.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Steve Jacobson
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Szostak,
> Christine via blindtlk
> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 12:48 PM
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> Cc: Szostak, Christine <szostak.1 at buckeyemail.osu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] What is an SAM and is it Worth the Cost?
>
> Hi,
>   Thanks for the info! Just one quick follow up question based on  the
> below. YOU mentioned the next two upgrades. If I purchased  the SMA with
> v17, does that then mean v18 and v19 are covered under the SMA or by  two
> upgrades are you meaning 17 and 18? If it is just 17 and 18 (I have 16
> already so 17 is what I need to purchase) that are covered it would not
> seem
> worth it since with the SMA the price is twice what it would be without it.
> Have a great rest of the day and again thanks for the info!
> Chris
>
> Dr. Christine M. Szostak
> Assistant Professor of Psychology
> Department of Social Sciences
> Shorter University
> Rome, Georgia
> szostak.1 at osu.edu
> cszostak at shorter.edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tony
> Schnurr via blindtlk
> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 9:01 AM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Tony Schnurr <tcb_357 at att.net>
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] What is an SMA and is it Worth the Cost?
>
> Hi Chris,
> And SMA from freedom scientific will get you the next two upgrades of jaws.
> In essence, you get the next two upgrades for the price of one. So if you
> are sure that you intend to continue using jaws and wish to purchase
> upgrades anyway; it is well worth buying and SMA.
> I hope this helps.
> Regards
> Tony
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Nov 12, 2015, at 06:41, Szostak, Christine via blindtlk
> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>  I just have a quick question. I am wanting to upgrade my JAWS to 17. FS
> is telling me that with an SMA the price will double for my upgrade. Thus,
> I
> am trying to figure out: (a) what an SMA is and (b) whether it is worth
> $200? If anyone could help, that would be great!
>> Have a wonderful rest of the week all!
>> Chris
>>
>> Dr. Christine M. Szostak
>> Assistant Professor of Psychology
>> Department of Social Sciences
>> Shorter University
>> Rome, Georgia
>> szostak.1 at osu.edu<mailto:szostak.1 at osu.edu>
>> cszostak at shorter.edu
>>
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