[nabs-l] screen reader rental

[Joe Orozco]

I don't know that GW Micro would necessarily call what they do renting their
product.  Ultimately the idea is that you will pay up to ownership.
Serotek, as best as I know, is the only one with a month to month payment
arrangement.

Joe

"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves,
some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing 

-----Original Message-----
From: Ashley Bramlett [mailto:bookwormahb at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 6:11 PM
To: jsorozco at gmail.com; National Association of Blind Students 
mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] screen reader rental

Joe,
I, too, have heard this idea before.  I wasn't aware that GW 
Micro did it 
though.
Do you use it? What products do they sell and how much is 
renting a screen 
reader by the month?
This may be a great idea for me if I have a internship or 
temporary job; I'd 
rather rent the product
rather than buy it if I only need it for a short time.  I know 
employers are 
supposed to provide the accomodation but realistically they 
will not if the 
job is short term.

Ashley
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From: "Joe Orozco" <jsorozco at gmail.com>
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Cc: "'Discussion list for NABS,National Alliance of Blind Students.'" 
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Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] screen reader rental


> Josh,
>
> Your idea is a fair one.  Yet, it is not a new one.  Others have 
> previously
> suggested that JAWS change to a leasing model similar to what 
GW Micro has
> been doing for its product, and a few years later the 
landscape has not
> changed.  I dare say that if you spent half the energy you exercise in
> writing these posts on completing your studies, you may very 
well discover
> that the course using MS Project would have come and gone 
before you know
> it.
>
> Best,
>
> Joe
>
> "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up 
their sleeves,
> some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Josh Kennedy
> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 5:04 PM
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nabs-l] screen reader rental
>
> Hi
>
> Well then guys the only solution is this! We need to go at this from
> both the nfb and the ACB ok? because that's the only way this 
will work
> I think. Ok so I need supernova to do the ms-project class. Ok so we
> need to email dolphin and freedom scientific on mass and ask them to
> implement a build a bundle program like serotek has. Here's how
> it works.
> You want supernova and jaws but you don't want to buy it. So lets rent
> it. You go to the freedom and or dolphin websites pick 
product rentals.
> you pick the products you want to rent on a monthly or per 
month basis.
> So I want supernova reader and jaws screen reader software. So I will
> pay $10 per month to rent supernova and another $10 for jaws. Now 4
> months later I don't want to rent them anymore, oh same goes for
> window-eyes. $10 per month. So anyway some months go bye and 
I decide I
> don't want this screen reader or that one. no problem! just go
> into your
> product rental account on the company's websites and cancel
> your rental.
> And at the end of the billing cycle that screen reader gets
> deactivated.
> Want some more licenses? One license of jaws is $10 per month
> plus $5 or
> so for another. So I could pay $10 for one jaws license and I
> need it on
> two other machines so I'll pay $20. Oh, I need to use openbook for
> something. No problem. I'll rent it for a month or two then cancel my
> rental. serotek does it. lets wake up the other companies folks!
>
> Josh
>
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