Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP
As we posted on both Facebook and Twitter earlier this afternoon, Window-Eyes is now free to any user of MS Office 2010 or later.
By going to www.windoweyesforoffice.com and selecting my language, I promptly found myself in possession of a fully-functional copy of Window-Eyes.
The installation took around ten minutes. After which, I was greeted with the familiar Window-Eyes interface. It’s worth noting that the usual assortment of speech synthesizers are not included. You’ll have to manage with the Windows speech engine, pretty easy on the ears, or with E-Speak, which I personally find to be un-listenable.
Will this prove to be a destabilizing force in the screen-reader industry, such as it is? Who knows. All we can do is stay tuned.