(Fwd) JAWS for DOS 2.31 to become FREEWARE January 1, 1999

[Chip & Dale <chipmunks_bEi_gmx.net>]

Hi, guys,

Mein online buddy, long distance computer teacher, and personal friend just
forwarded the following message to me. Kann irgend jemand von euch (Marco,
Tobias?) was dazu zagen?

Unmoeglich klingt mir das nicht, da zumindest Telesensory ihren DOS Screen
Reader Screen Power for DOs schon seit einige Zeit zum Free Download
anbieten und sogar email support dafuer hatten.

Waere jedenfalls interessant zu wissen, ob und was an die Meldung dran ist.

Hoffe, ich hoere von euch.

Cheers,

doris 


>
>This just came in from one of my students.  Unverified, but plausible.
>
>-- 
>Doug Lee, Computer Instructor
>BLIND, Inc. (Blindness:  Learning In New Dimensions)
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>
>
>------- Forwarded Message Follows -------
>Date sent:      	Sun, 04 Oct 1998 14:47:51 -0500
>Copies to:      	gomez_bEi_calweb.com, dlangley_bEi_web1.calweb.com
>
>
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE					October 2, 1998
>
>
>FOR MORE INFORMATION
>Wilson Craig
>Marketing Manager
>727-803-8000
>wilsonc_bEi_hj.com
>
>Henter-Joyce Inc. to Release JAWS for DOS Screen Reader 
>Software
>as Freeware on the Internet at www.hj.com
>
>Henter-Joyce, Inc. has announced that JAWS for DOS 2.31, the 
>product that
>brought the company to prominence in the access technology 
>industry in
>1988, will be released as freeware on the Internet beginning 
>January 1,
>1999. The company will discontinue sales and shipments of JAWS 
>for DOS
>after this
>
>date, providing the software instead as a free download from the 
>web at
>http://www.hj.com/SoftwareDownload/SWdnld.html.
>
>Those who wish to download and use the free software will require 
>one of
>the many hardware speech synthesizers supported by JAWS for 
>DOS.
>
>"Most people who use computers, including those who are blind 
>and visually
>impaired, have migrated from DOS to Windows in recent years, 
>and that's
>where we have focused our development efforts," said Henter-Joyce 
>General
>Manager Jerry Bowman. "The decreased demand for DOS-based 
>software,
>coupled with the overwhelming demand for our Windows-based 
>screen reader,
>JAWS for Windows, makes this a good decision for us and for our
>customers."
>
>In order to better serve those using current versions of
>Henter-Joyce's JAWS for Windows (JFW) screen reader software, 
>the company
>will discontinue technical support of JAWS for DOS beginning 
>January 1,
>1999. Technical support for JFW versions 1.X and 2.X will also be
>discontinued on January 1, with the exception of JFW 2.00.29 
>being used
>with Microsoft Windows 3.1 Support for JFW 3.2 and 3.0 will be 
>continued
>as usual. The discontinuation of support for earlier versions of JFW 
>will
>ensure that users of more current JFW software will receive 
>technical
>support in a more timely and efficient manner.
>
>For more information about Henter-Joyce, Inc., JAWS for Windows
>Screen-reader Software, or Magic Screen-magnification Software, 
>please
>call 1-800-336-5658 or visit the Henter-Joyce web site at  
>www.hj.com.
>
>
>

Chip & Dale  ;-)

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