[nfbcs] jaws so sensitive is BS!

[John Heim]

No, orca and linux are both really good. I have been a full time linux 
and orca user for a dozen years and absolutely love it.  I don't know 
about vinux. But to call linux and orca "half baked" is truely an 
ignorant comment.

On 12/29/2017 09:21 AM, Littlefield, Tyler via nfbcs wrote:
> Lucky for us, there's NVDA if you really don't want to use Jaws that
> doesn't require switching to a half baked screen reader on generally
> broken systems like Vinux. I like my productivity, thanks.
> On 12/29/2017 10:04 AM, John Heim via nfbcs wrote:
>> Yeah, my solution was to switch to linux and orca.
>>
>> I am really surprised they are still doing this. I went around and
>> around with them about it back when I was doing desktop support. I was
>> trying new hardware all the time. I told them that policy was driving
>> me away. But I can see how this makes sense from a marketting  and/or
>> business stand point.  They realize that people have alternatives
>> these days but as long as governments and many businesses are willing
>> to pay, they are going to get every cent they can from jaws. They are
>> more worried about getting every dollar they can out of their existing
>> customers than they are about losing customers.
>>
>> I know this is not a practical solution for most people but I switched
>> to linux and orca years ago. It turned out being a good career move
>> too. I live in a university town and there are always lots and lots of
>> linux jobs. Something to consider anyway.
>>
>> On 12/28/2017 08:09 PM, Aaron Cannon via nfbcs wrote:
>>> Note: this is not a real answer to your question.
>>>
>>> My recommended fix: NVDA. I know, Jaws currently works better in most
>>> (though certainly not all) applications, but on the other hand, you
>>> don't have to put up with rediculous BS like this. I pay every so
>>> often for my Jaws upgrade, just as most of you do, but it kills me a
>>> bit each time, realizing that as much as I respect and appreciate,
>>> and admire what the amazing folks at NVAccess have done, and continue
>>> to do, I only give them a fraction of the money I give to VFO.
>>>
>>> Anyway, now that I got that off my chest, I believe you can purchase
>>> a license dongle that will authorize whatever computer you happen to
>>> have it plugged into.
>>>
>>> Good luck.
>>>
>>> Aaron
>>>
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>>>> On Dec 28, 2017, at 19:00, b.schulz--- via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In the new age when floppy disks are obsolete, for Christmas I
>>>> bought myself
>>>> a icy dock dual 2.5" bay drive cage and obtained visual help to make
>>>> the
>>>> sata ports hot plug capable in bios.
>>>>
>>>> Everything works great and the computer recognized the drive when it
>>>> was
>>>> shoved into the slot then it killed the jaws activation.
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone found a way around the jaws activation BS that burns a
>>>> key when
>>>> you make any little change to your hardware?
>>>>
>>>> Bryan Schulz
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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