[il-talk] Huge News from the world of Adaptive Technology

[David Andrews]

That is mere speculation.  Nothing has been written, that I am aware 
of, that even implies that JAWS would be available in a similar 
manner to Window-Eyes.  In fact, I would be shocked if such a thing 
happened.  JAWS represents too much the revenue of FS/VFO to do so.

Dave

At 01:57 PM 6/15/2016, Hansen, Robert A. via il-talk wrote:
>According to Bill Reif, this would allow JAWS to have access to the 
>Window Eyes arrangement with Microsoft.  This most likely will 
>drastically improve things.  Reif and I came up with these possibilities.
>
>
>
>On 6/15/2016 9:41 AM, David Meyer via il-talk wrote:
>>There will still be some alternatives out there for screen readers. There is
>>NVDA which is free, and System Access which can be had for a one time fee.
>>Though I'm not familiar with what the price for System Access is now, it was
>>around $400 when I purchased it. I wonder if this new arrangement will
>>change the free offer for Window Eyes?
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: il-talk [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Edward
>>Birmingham via il-talk
>>Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 2:43 PM
>>To: 'NFB of Illinois Mailing List'
>>Cc: Edward Birmingham
>>Subject: Re: [il-talk] Huge News from the world of Adaptive Technology
>>
>>I'm not a fan of no competition.  One company doing everthing does not bode
>>well for affordable pricing.  This takes away the opportunity to shop around
>>for the best deal!
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: il-talk [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bill Reif via
>>il-talk
>>Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 1:42 PM
>>To: NFB of Illinois Mailing List
>>Cc: Bill Reif
>>Subject: Re: [il-talk] Huge News from the world of Adaptive Technology
>>
>>VFO is a company that owns Freedom Scientific, the maker of JAWS, Optelec,
>>and several other companies. AI Squared recently acquired GW Micro, maker of
>>Window-eyes, and also owns Zoomtext. VFO now has acquired AI Squared. The
>>wayw things are going, there may soon be one company that provides all
>>access technology for the blind. I wonder whether this was a friendly
>>aquisition, and whether Window-eyes development will continue.
>>
>>Cordially,
>>Bull
>>
>>On 6/14/2016 1:22 PM, Mary Willows via il-talk wrote:
>>>What is VFO?
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: il-talk [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ray
>>>Campbell via il-talk
>>>Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 7:51 AM
>>>To: leadership at acblists.org; acb-l at acblists.org; icb-l at acblists.org;
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>>>Cc: Ray Campbell
>>>Subject: [il-talk] Huge News from the world of Adaptive Technology
>>>
>>>All I can say right now is wow!  This is huge news from the world of
>>>Adaptive Technology and at least for me, very unexpected.  I haven't
>>>processed this fully yet to put my thoughts and opinions together on it.
>>>
>>>
>>>AI Squared Joins VFO Group, read more here:
>>>http://www.aisquared.com/news/ai-squared-joins-vfo/.
>>>
>>>Ray Campbell
>>>ray153056 at gmail.com