If you are a student who uses JAWS at school, owning a copy of JAWS or Magic for home use just became a lot easier. Freedom Scientific and the American Printing House for the Blind announced on a FSCast around the time of CSUN that they would be partnering to offer a program that would allow students to get JAWS under the Quota Funds system in the U.S. This is an annual subscription license, which must be renewed each year.
Even after a student graduates, they can still take that license with them, but will need to purchase a Software Maintenance agreement at the normal price. Find more details in the source link. You can also learn more by visiting the link provided to my textual summary of the FSCast, or feel free to listen to the podcast itself.
Source: American Printing House for the Blind Press ReleaseCategory: News
Do they think they can stave off their inevitable downfall? They don't even say thank you for calling Freedom Scientific anymore when you call them up! I suppose not enough people bought their $75 deal last year? It's over. JAWS is dead and hasn't figured it out yet, though MAGic might survive.
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