[nfb-talk] nfb-talk Digest, Vol 19, Issue 20

Tue Dec 22 19:37:39 UTC 2009

window-eyes costs $895 compared to $1095 for jaws professional.
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>   1. window-eyes (Ed Meskys)
>   2. NLS digital player (Ed Meskys)
>   3. Re: NLS digital player (Sherri)
>   4. Re: window-eyes (d m gina)
>   5. Re: NLS digital player (Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E])
>   6. Re: window-eyes (Sarah Baughn)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:33:21 -0500
> From: "Ed Meskys" <edmeskys at roadrunner.com>
> Subject: [nfb-talk] window-eyes
> To: "Louis Gosselin" <gosselin_louis at myfairpoint.net>
> Cc: nfb-promotion/evaluation technology list
> <promotion-technology at nfbnet.org>, nfb-talk <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>,
> nhblind-talk <nhblind-talk at listserv.icors.org>
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> My son, Stanley, built me a new computer with a Pentium-4 chip and Windows 
> XP to replace my old W98 machine. Next time he visits he will up the ram 
> to 2 Gig. It is working very well, but because XP is the advanced version 
> FS wants an extra $340 from me to not have to run jaws in demo mode. To 
> put it mildly, I am pissed off.
>
> Does Windoweyes charge extra for advanced windows? What is the initial 
> cost of WE? I have heard that they will give you a discount if you switch 
> from jfw and turn in your license. How much is this? What do you pay for 
> an SMA for one next version? Does GW require you to buy every version in 
> between should you mess up and fail to get an upgrade?
>
> I will write GW to get a current demo to try running alternately with my 
> paid for but demo version of jfw11.
>
> Thanks, Ed Meskys.
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:43:10 -0500
> From: "Ed Meskys" <edmeskys at roadrunner.com>
> Subject: [nfb-talk] NLS digital player
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> Cc: nfbnh-board <nh-board at nfbnet.org>, nfb-talk <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>,
> nfbnh-news <nfb-new-hampshire at nfbnet.org>, "Ann K. Parsons"
> <akp at portaltutoring.info>
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> I just got my new NLS digital player and need some advice on its uses.
>
> I asked a lower tier employee at the NH library about how future magazines 
> will be distributed. She said they will be sent out by email, and you will 
> use a USB cable to feed it into a blank digital cartridge in your player. 
> She was not positive about this. Was she correct?
>
> If so, when I get a magazine on a CD from an agency like Seeing Eye or 
> Xavier Society, can I transfer it to such a cartridge, for playback in the 
> NLS player? Will I be able to speed this recording up, as I can an NLS 
> book?
>
> I understand that today blank cartridges cost around $40, but do not know 
> where to buy one. I am interested in buying one now to last me until 
> prices come down. Can anyone suggest a dealer who would give me a 
> reasonable deal?
>
> Thanks, Ed Meskys
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:13:29 -0500
> From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] NLS digital player
> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
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> Ed, you can also use a thumb drive. You can put your book on a thumb drive
> and insert it into your stream where the USB port is and it should work
> fine.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ed Meskys" <edmeskys at roadrunner.com>
> To: "nfb-promotion/evaluation technology list"
> <promotion-technology at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "nfbnh-board" <nh-board at nfbnet.org>; "nfb-talk" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>;
> "nfbnh-news" <nfb-new-hampshire at nfbnet.org>; "Ann K. Parsons"
> <akp at portaltutoring.info>
> Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 7:43 PM
> Subject: [nfb-talk] NLS digital player
>
>
>>I just got my new NLS digital player and need some advice on its uses.
>>
>> I asked a lower tier employee at the NH library about how future 
>> magazines
>> will be distributed. She said they will be sent out by email, and you 
>> will
>> use a USB cable to feed it into a blank digital cartridge in your player.
>> She was not positive about this. Was she correct?
>>
>> If so, when I get a magazine on a CD from an agency like Seeing Eye or
>> Xavier Society, can I transfer it to such a cartridge, for playback in 
>> the
>> NLS player? Will I be able to speed this recording up, as I can an NLS
>> book?
>>
>> I understand that today blank cartridges cost around $40, but do not know
>> where to buy one. I am interested in buying one now to last me until
>> prices come down. Can anyone suggest a dealer who would give me a
>> reasonable deal?
>>
>> Thanks, Ed Meskys
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> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:59:29 -0500
> From: d m gina <dmgina at samobile.net>
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] window-eyes
> To: nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
> Message-ID: <20091222145929.32443.24624 at web1.serotek.com>
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> I am going on the second year of Serotek.
> You can pay on different plans.
> I had problems with jaws as well.
> I shared with them I wasn't going to upgrade ever again with them.
> I will stick to my promise.
> Wishing you the best.
>
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> every sinner has a future
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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:09:31 -0500
> From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] NLS digital player
> To: 'NFB Talk Mailing List' <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
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> I think Aph has them and I think the other location might be Independent 
> Living aids.
>
> Terry Powers
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Meskys [mailto:edmeskys at roadrunner.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 7:43 PM
> To: nfb-promotion/evaluation technology list
> Cc: nfbnh-board; nfb-talk; nfbnh-news; Ann K. Parsons
> Subject: [nfb-talk] NLS digital player
>
> I just got my new NLS digital player and need some advice on its uses.
>
> I asked a lower tier employee at the NH library about how future magazines 
> will be distributed. She said they will be sent out by email, and you will 
> use a USB cable to feed it into a blank digital cartridge in your player. 
> She was not positive about this. Was she correct?
>
> If so, when I get a magazine on a CD from an agency like Seeing Eye or 
> Xavier Society, can I transfer it to such a cartridge, for playback in the 
> NLS player? Will I be able to speed this recording up, as I can an NLS 
> book?
>
> I understand that today blank cartridges cost around $40, but do not know 
> where to buy one. I am interested in buying one now to last me until 
> prices come down. Can anyone suggest a dealer who would give me a 
> reasonable deal?
>
> Thanks, Ed Meskys
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> nfb-talk mailing list
> nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:28:12 -0800
> From: "Sarah Baughn" <sarahb006 at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] window-eyes
> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Message-ID: <A907CF81BBFD4772A4959DB90A741A17 at sarahda0003f21>
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> reply-type=original
>
> Ed, I don't know the answers to a lot of the questions that you ask, but I
> do know that one good thing about GW Micro is that you can pay over time,
> thirty-nine dollars a month and when you buy, they automatically give you
> the latest version.
> Sarah
> If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this
> mountain: "Remove hence to yonder place.", and it shall remove, and 
> nothing
> shall be impossible unto you.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ed Meskys" <edmeskys at roadrunner.com>
> To: "Louis Gosselin" <gosselin_louis at myfairpoint.net>
> Cc: "nfb-promotion/evaluation technology list"
> <promotion-technology at nfbnet.org>; "nfb-talk" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>;
> "nhblind-talk" <nhblind-talk at listserv.icors.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 4:33 PM
> Subject: [nfb-talk] window-eyes
>
>
>> My son, Stanley, built me a new computer with a Pentium-4 chip and 
>> Windows
>> XP to replace my old W98 machine. Next time he visits he will up the ram
>> to 2 Gig. It is working very well, but because XP is the advanced version
>> FS wants an extra $340 from me to not have to run jaws in demo mode. To
>> put it mildly, I am pissed off.
>>
>> Does Windoweyes charge extra for advanced windows? What is the initial
>> cost of WE? I have heard that they will give you a discount if you switch
>> from jfw and turn in your license. How much is this? What do you pay for
>> an SMA for one next version? Does GW require you to buy every version in
>> between should you mess up and fail to get an upgrade?
>>
>> I will write GW to get a current demo to try running alternately with my
>> paid for but demo version of jfw11.
>>
>> Thanks, Ed Meskys.
>> _______________________________________________
>> nfb-talk mailing list
>> nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org
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