[Ohio-Talk] Zoomtext/JAWS Windows 10 Compatibility Issue

[Steve Cook]

Hi Todd, 

You could also look in to the annual license for Zoom Text. 

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From: Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Todd Elzey via
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Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2022 1:06 PM
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Cc: Todd Elzey <toddelzey at gmail.com>
Subject: [Ohio-Talk] Zoomtext/JAWS Windows 10 Compatibility Issue

Good afternoon!  Yesterday, my Zoomtext screen magnification program stopped
working. It will only turn on for about a minute and then it automatically
shuts down.  I am running Fusion 2020 so it has the 2020 versions of
Zoomtext and JAWS. This afternoon I had a conversation with Freedom
Scientific's Technical Support Division. It turns out that the latest update
to Windows 10 basically turns off Fusion/Zoomtext 2020.  They tell me that
Freedom Scientific no longer supports the 2020 versions of their software
and that the only way to resolve the problem is to upgrade to the 2022
version. If you are running a 2020 version of Freedom Scientific Software I
do not recommend installing Windows 10 update and it seems that you should
prepare to be forced to upgrade your software to the
2022 version whether you want to or not. The cost for a 2 jump upgrade from
2020 to 2022 is steep. It is going to be $540 for the home version upgrade
or $860 if you have the Professional version, which I am told is for work
computers. On top of that the 2 year software maintenance agreement is
another $270 for the home version and another $430 for the professional
version.

Todd Elzey
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