[gui-talk] For those who use Kurzweil 1000, you've sure got a few things to complain about.

[Elizabeth Campbell]

HiJohn,

Thank you for the reminder that there is a K1000 list.  I will subscribe.

Is it found on the company's web site?

Thanks

Liz
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon C. Pierson" <jpierson at gigo.com>
To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] For those who use Kurzweil 1000,you've sure got a 
few things to complain about.


>I must ask finally after dozens of messages and many many complaints: Dane,
> why not take this to the K1000 list?
>
>
>
>
>                         Jon C. Pierson
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of slery
> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 8:24 PM
> To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] For those who use Kurzweil 1000,you've sure got a
> few things to complain about.
>
> If you don't like K1000 and you use other OCR software with which you have
> been comparing it, why on earth are you using it?
>
> You obviously only want a stripped down OCR package.  May I recommend that
> you go find one of those since you do not want all of the wonderful 
> features
> that K1000 has to offer.
>
> I have failed to see your point in the comments you have made so far.
>
> Cindy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]On
> Behalf Of Dane Trethowan
> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 1:44 AM
> To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] For those who use Kurzweil 1000,you've sure got a
> few things to complain about.
>
>
> Question, how does K1000 compete with JAWS? K1000 is not a Screen Reading
> package and I too use JAWS here, JAWS isn't a perfect Screen reading
> application either but there is no such thing as a perfect application
> however I'm very pleased to say that JAWS, Window-Eyes and most other
> applications I run here are far more reliable than K1000 is.
>
> On 15/01/2007, at 4:15 PM, George Cassell wrote:
>
> As a JAWS user, nothing makes me happier than to see users of competing
> products complaining about the products they're using.  It simply 
> validates
> the fact that I made the right decision when I invested in JAWS.
>
> But that only applies to legitimate complaints.  The one I'm seeing in 
> this
> thread certainly does not apply.  It merely appears to be nothing more 
> than
> a shameful case of tantrum throwing.
>
> Every product is different.  If they weren't, what would be the point in
> having two or more identical products on the market?  Not only that, but
> there would certainly be copyright infringements all over the place.
>
> But since all products are different, even though they're supposed to do
> similar things, one can expect that the commands and command structure of
> the various competing  products to be different as well.
>
> If one is using Kurzweil, but prefers the way Omnipage works, then the
> problem isn't with the product, it's with the user.
>
> Sane people don't buy Volkswagens, and then lament that they aren't BMWs.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dane Trethowan" <
> mailto:danetrethowan at iprimus.com.au
> danetrethowan at iprimus.com.au
>>
> To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <
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> gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>>
> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 8:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] For those who use Kurzweil 1000,you've sure got a
> few things to complain about.
> Yes, you're probably right but other OCR software I use such as Omnipage
> does things in a more user friendly way. For example, if you change the
> settings then you can come back to them, Omnipage automatically saves them
> when you quit the programme but Kurzweil cannot even do that so yes, I 
> stand
> by my statement that the developers of this software ought to be ashamed 
> of
> themselves, those who have purchased the software will appreciate just how
> much money it costs so that in mind, surely a simple thing like the auto
> loading of the last settings used or the saving of settings with a 
> document
> wouldn't be too much to ask for would it? Cut out all the gimics and give 
> us
> a nice, user-friendly, accurate and stable piece of software to use.
>
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