[gui-talk] {Spam?} Re: JAWS and Window Eyes Now Owned By the Same Company

[Rafal Charlampowicz]

And how many screen readers are available for IOS? :-) 
I'm JAWS and NVDA user, but I agree this is a terrible news. Competition is good. 
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Rafal



> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo
> via gui-talk
> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 9:05 PM
> To: gui-talk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Mike Arrigo <n0oxy at charter.net>
> Subject: [gui-talk] {Spam?} Re: JAWS and Window Eyes Now Owned By the
> Same Company
> 
> I think this is a sign of the times that expensive screen readers are on the way
> out. With free options such as system access and NVDA, and, at least at this
> point, window eyes being free to Office users, there's really no reason to
> spend that kind of money for a screen reader. Even narrator in windows 8 and
> windows 10 offers more functionality than ever before. This company now
> has a monopoly on the paid screen reader market, aside from Dolphin in the
> U.K. This makes me even more glad that I have left the Windows world and
> use the mac exclusively, at least for home use.
> Original message:
> > I am afraid I agree with your speculation about Window-eyes being
> > fazed out in consequence of this acquisition.  Even though I was a
> > JAWS user back in my windows days, I’d hate to see window-eyes go away
> > like it looks like it might now.  If this benefits anybody, I suspect
> > we can predict that the folks over at NVDA will soon be quite happy as
> > they will gain quite a few thousand users now.
> 
> 
> > Sent from my Mac, The only computer with full accessibility for the
> > blind built-in
> 
> > Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very happy Mac,
> > Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!!!!!
> 
> >> On Jun 15, 2016, at 11:12 AM, Gerald Levy via gui-talk
> >> <gui-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> >> For those of you who may have missed this bombshell, VFO, the parent
> >> company of Freedom Scientific, which markets JAWS, has acquired AI
> >> Squared, which markets the rival screen reader, Window Eyes.  This
> >> development does not bode well for Window Eyes users, because such
> >> mergers invaribly lead to consolidation of products and services to
> >> reduce costs and eliminate competition, and Window Eyes, having the
> >> smaller market share than JAWS is likely to be phased out and its
> >> users transitioned to JAWS, although this is just speculation on my part.
> >> But it would make no economic sense for VFO to continue marketing and
> >> supporting two essentially similar screen readers.  .  And with
> >> System Access already on life support and its future uncertain, the
> >> demise of Window Eyes would leave JAWS with a virtual monopoly in the
> >> commercial screen reader market,  which could lead to even higher
> >> prices.  On the other hand, JAWS might eventually incorporate
> >> features from Window Eyes that it does not already offer, making it more
> attractive.  For more details:
> 
> >> http://www.blindbargains.com/rss/latest.xml
> 
> >> Gerald
> 
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