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

[Joshua Hendrickson]

This is interesting.  I was going to update my jaws, but it would have
cost me $360.  I could afford that, but I'mm saving my money for
something else.  I've got NVDA, and that works well.

On 6/16/16, Bill Reif via il-talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> As Bob and I were talking yesterday, I had actually speculated that window
> eyes, not jaws, would continue to be the free offering through which
> Microsoft mad it's office products accessible. I have speculated that jaws
> would continue to be the products marketed to government and business
> organizations, thus continuing the mission represented in its acronym "job
> access with speech. There is probably not much consumer screen reading
> market left, given the popularity of the iPhone and NVDA.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jun 16, 2016, at 3:27 PM, David Andrews via il-talk
>> <il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> 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?
>>>>>
>>>>> The National Federation of the blind knows that blindness is not the
>>>>> characteristic that defines you or your future.  Every day we raise
>>>>> the expectations of blind people because low expectations create
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>>>>> You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.
>>>>>
>>>>> National Federation of the Blind of California (NFBC)
>>>>> 3934 Kern Court
>>>>> Pleasanton, CA 94588
>>>>> 925-462-8575
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>> Mary Willows, President NFBC
>>>>> mwillows at sbcglobal.net
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----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;
>>>>> icb-board at acblists.org; iac at acblists.org; Blind Information Technology
>>>>> Specialists discussion list; il-talk at nfbnet.org
>>>>> 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
>>
>>
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