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Re: Now that IBM will no longer be supportingHomePageReaderwhat else to use or recommend.

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From: Rebecca Ballard
Date: Nov 14, 2006 1:30PM

Carolyn,

I've been away from my email for a few days, so am only just picking up the
threads... Whilst I acknowledge that the cost of Jaws is high for individual
users, there is a hell of a lot of development that goes into any new
version of a screen reader. Have you looked at how many mainstream
applications that they support, and how many new versions? Screen reader
developers do not have the economies of scale that the Macromedias and
Adobes of this world have, (let alone the Microsofts) and yet they still
have to keep pace with new versions of mainstream apps as well as improve
themselves. Yes we would all love jaws and window-eyes to be dirt cheap but
we also want them to work with mainstream apps that people are using every
day in work - yes there are disabled people out there in work, including
some who work for Freedom Scientific and GWMicro. But quality takes
resources.

Sorry if that was a bit of a rant and if someone has replied already with
this slant...

Rebecca

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