[nabs-l] BLIO READER

[Josh Kennedy]

Hi

So when is the blio reader going to be accessible? Also why are we still 
paying $1300 for jaws and similar price for window-eyes when NVDA is 
already scriptable? Guys in order for me not to get a waver for my 
future microsoft project course I need access to that software. Voc 
rehab will have to buy window-eyes, supernova or jaws plus pay who knows 
how much to script it to work with project. So why doesn't the nfb 
organise and get people with the talent to start writing appModules for 
NVDA? Or write serotek and ask them to support more software 
applications? I don't have access to readers in rural berks county 
pennsylvania. Also why is the blio reader still not accessible? They 
said it would be accessible in October and blindbargains says that so 
far it only works with jaws. Well guys I have a free open source 
scriptable screen reader right here and even if I had the money I 
wouldn't spend $1295 or so on jaws12. Why should I? nvda and system 
access do most of what I want. I tried learning python and failed. Not 
everybody can be a programmer just like not everybody can be an 
auto-mechanic fixing cars. System access works with mostly everything I 
need except for project. So can we all here on the nabs-l list write 
serotek asking for ms-project support? I don't really have access to 
readers. Neither can I pay for them. I would rather do the work myself, 
learn and experience ms-project for myself. and then the question is 
since nvda2011.1 will be out soon all 2010.2 scripts or appmodules will 
be broken.
I want to take this project class if I can. nvda scripting obviously is 
not stable yet. I bought serotek's build a bundle system access a few 
days ago. I'm a paying customer and I need access to 
ms-project2007-2010. Sometimes I get the feeling that money takes 
precedence over making a program accessible. Don't you guys see that if 
serotek added ms-project support or if nvda got their scripting stable 
and added it these low cost screen readers would be even more useful? Oh 
I can't wait to see the day, if it even happens that system access and 
nvda become the leading screen readers on the market. And when I 
graduate and when I get to baltimore and join the nfb I am going to push 
and push and push for widespread nvda scripting and widespread serotek 
product use. As soon as I can I'm getting docuscanplus and serotek's 
hoverCam neo or HoverCam mini. Blindbargains wrote an article in the top 
stories of 2010. In the article they said the reason or part of the 
reason windows narrator did not become a full screen reader was because 
microsoft caved into pressure from the nfb and other organizations so 
that the $1300 screen reader would remain in the forfront of the 
computer accessibility market. my question is why? and is this even true 
or are blindbargains' claims false? If I need a waver and have to 
replace the project class with another I will but I'd rather not go that 
route. I have two screen readers on here with the potential to give me 
microsoft project accessibility. Now if ms-project accessibility were 
implemented in either software it would benefit many blind people and 
increase our job opportunities. Freedom scientific is disappointing. 
They're up to jaws12 but they only support project2000? Perhaps someone 
at capella could at least script nvda2010.2 to make it work. So far 
there are still two developers, only two, working on nvda. why are there 
not more? Freedom scientific and gw-micro don't even want to seem to 
even hear that nvda exists and is getting better. Serotek on the other 
hand acknowledges nvda's existance. If I ever would win the lottery I 
would spend as much money as needed hire developers and I would make 
nvda the leading screen reader followed by system access. I wonder if gw 
and fs are afraid of nvda and system access taking over? or could it be 
the different state agencies who are afraid of that happening? I wonder 
if there's some conspiracy going on keeping the blind community for the 
most part locked into using gw and fs products? System access reads 
charts in excel and I only have to pay $10 per month to get access to 
that or go to satogo.com and use it that way. It just makes me mad that 
even after I make the agency get me a mac, with windows7, as soon as I 
need something scripted they won't even look at nvda they instead 
gravitate to jaws or window-eyes. This has to be changed.

Josh