[NFBCS] Important JAWS Tandem Information for JAWS 2022 Users

[Littlefield, Tyler]

I took this as less of a question and more of a jab.

I don't think anyone was claiming to be a rehab engineer (what is a 
rehab engineer), and I'm not sure why someone -should- be ready to do 
anything. Every job is different, everyone works differently. This is 
strictly a heads-up, not a request for someone to pass judgement.

On 11/2/2021 12:46 PM, Doug Lee via NFBCS wrote:
> Not sure if you are addressing the question of how many JAWS versions Vispero should support, or the question
> of whether the current inability for JAWS 2022 to Tandem with 2021 is acceptable. I'll tackle the former:
>
> There will always be installations that must use older software, including JAWS versions, for this or that
> reason. Reasons I've seen myself include
> * Secure installations where vetting a new release is very expensive and time-consuming.
> * Central servers that rarely update or restart because of the impact this has on day-to-day operations.
> * Companies that simply don't upgrade software often and whose policies are not influenced by JAWS users.
>
> I do hope Vispero finds a way to permit Tandem to older JAWS versions to continue for the foreseeable future,
> even if they require the host to run an older JAWS version as well.
>
> As an aside, the wildest sense of "old" for me was a client that, up until roughly 2.5 years ago, required me
> to support JAWS 12.0! As it happened, RDP rather than Tandem was required for that one though.
>
> On Tue, Nov 02, 2021 at 11:34:45AM -0500, NFBCS mailing list wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If you claim to be a rehabilitation engineer, this shouldn't matter and you
> should be prepared to provide support for the most current and previous one
> or two versions of jaws!
> Bryan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Curtis Chong via NFBCS
> Sent: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 10:58 AM
> To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>; 'Discussion
> of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List'
> <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Curtis Chong <chong.curtis at gmail.com>
> Subject: [NFBCS] Important JAWS Tandem Information for JAWS 2022 Users
> Importance: High
>
> Greetings and salutations:
>
>   
>
> If you are a JAWS 2022 user and wish to connect via JAWS Tandem with a user
> who is running an older version of JAWS, please be advised that as of right
> now, this connection will not be possible. You will need to switch to an
> older version of JAWS in order to achieve a Tandem connection.
>
>   
>
> I am told by the folks at Vispero that, "We are working on getting the auto
> update of 2021 and a new version of 2020 posted within the next few days."
>
>   
>
> With kind regards,
>
>   
>
> Curtis Chong
>