[nabs-l] screen reader rental

Mon Jan 10 15:01:44 UTC 2011

GW Micro also has a leas plan for Window-Eyes.  How a screen reader sounds depends upon the synthesizer being used, not the screen reader.  JFW 
uses eloquence but can use other synthesizers.  Window-Eyes also includes a version of Eloquence.  

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Sun, 9 Jan 2011 19:01:25 -0500, Ashley  Bramlett wrote:

>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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