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<DIV>Hello tech devision members special attention to those attending the
national convention. I think you’ll find this interesting. this was
posted on the alumni group list for the new york institute for the education of
the blind, (NYI_ </DIV>
<DIV>Freedom Scientific made some announcements this week via its FSCast
podcast,</DIV>
<DIV>with Jonathan Mosen breaking the news. If any of you are planning to
go to</DIV>
<DIV>the NFB convention this year, this should be of great interest to you if
you</DIV>
<DIV>own or are considering buying software from Freedom Scientific. </DIV>
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<DIV>First, ACB convention attendees will be offered slight discounts on
FS</DIV>
<DIV>products. There will be a ten percent discount on Freedom Scientific</DIV>
<DIV>software. This would cover JAWS, MAGic and OpenBook. Five percent
discounts</DIV>
<DIV>are available on FS hardware products. While Jonathan Mosen did not
mention</DIV>
<DIV>specific products I am assuming that this would cover products such as
the</DIV>
<DIV>Sara stand-alone readers, their various video magnifiers, Braille
displays,</DIV>
<DIV>Plextalk Pocket and even the Pac Mate, if you can justify buying that</DIV>
<DIV>particular device. Jonathan explained that Freedom Scientific offers</DIV>
<DIV>something known as home-use programs for certain organizations, which
they</DIV>
<DIV>started doing last year. This is a program offered to companies which
have</DIV>
<DIV>many software installations for their employees and the home use
program</DIV>
<DIV>allows employees of such companies to purchase a product like JAWS at
a</DIV>
<DIV>considerable discount. Other tech companies do this for certain</DIV>
<DIV>organizations. As an example, when my wife was a college student the</DIV>
<DIV>university she was attending was able to offer her new, legal copies
of</DIV>
<DIV>software at very, very inexpensive pricing. Apparently, Freedom
Scientific</DIV>
<DIV>offers similar programs. Jonathan mentioned that organizations such as
the</DIV>
<DIV>IRS, Social Security and some state agencies for the blind are able to
offer</DIV>
<DIV>discounts to their staff. Since NFB uses many copies of JAWS at its</DIV>
<DIV>headquarters and because it is celebrating its 75th birthday this
year,</DIV>
<DIV>Freedom Scientific is extending this same pricing offer to all
registered</DIV>
<DIV>attendees of this year's NFB convention, regardless of where you work
or,</DIV>
<DIV>for that matter, whether you're employed or not. These offers are only
for</DIV>
<DIV>the duration of the NFB convention and you must actually visit FS at
the</DIV>
<DIV>exhibit hall to obtain their products at this special pricing. A
complete</DIV>
<DIV>JAWS 16 Home Edition license will be available, under the conditions
I've</DIV>
<DIV>described above, for $75.00. This is not a misprint: that's
seventy-five</DIV>
<DIV>dollars. This is not an upgrade but will get you a brand new JAWS 16</DIV>
<DIV>license. If you already own an older version of JAWS you can upgrade
your</DIV>
<DIV>old version to version 16 for just $50.00. For this offer, it doesn't
matter</DIV>
<DIV>which version of JAWS you own; it can be an upgrade from version 14 or
from</DIV>
<DIV>version 2.0.\ An SMA will cost you $100.00. New copies of OpenBook
are</DIV>
<DIV>available for $75.00. MAGic with speech can be purchased for $50.00.
MAGic</DIV>
<DIV>SMAs are being offered for $75.00. I have proofread this message and
what</DIV>
<DIV>you are reading is not a series of misprints. Also, FS will be
demonstrating</DIV>
<DIV>JAWS 16 with an intro to Windows 10. Since it is possible that we may
see</DIV>
<DIV>Windows 10 released by the end of July it sounds like that JAWS 16 will
be</DIV>
<DIV>able to work with Windows 10, without users needing to go to JAWS 17
to</DIV>
<DIV>obtain Windows 10 support. I am personally quite excited about this
series</DIV>
<DIV>of offers. My personal JAWS license is stuck at version 6.0 and, as a</DIV>
<DIV>trainer, I do need to update my license but frankly cannot afford to do
so.</DIV>
<DIV>However, as I have family in that area I am seriously considering
attending</DIV>
<DIV>my first NFB convention to upgrade my version of JAWS. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>David Goldfield, Assistive Technology Specialist </DIV>
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