[nabs-l] screen reader rental

[Ashley Bramlett]

Joe,
I saw their website; its an installment plan where you pay to own it.
So Serotek is the only one with month to month payment.
Does it sound like jaws?
Where do I get that screen reader? Is it as sophisticated as jaws and make 
the internet and microsoft products accessible?

Ashley

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Orozco" <jsorozco at gmail.com>
To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] screen reader rental


>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
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joe Orozco" <jsorozco at gmail.com>
> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "'Discussion list for NABS,National Alliance of Blind Students.'"
> <nabs at acb.org>
> 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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