Finereader 16 trial
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Monte Single
According to this web page, you can download a fully functioning 7-day trial of finereader 16.
Check out this link.
https://pdf.abbyy.com/finereader-pdf/trial/
However it seems they have gone to an annual subscription.
Pretty soonyou will not b able to live or die without renewing your subscription!
Would you like fries with that?!
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Marda
Great to hear about the free trial so people can evaluate the program for accessibility. But that stupid yearly subscription! Seems so many companies are going to that and it's fine if they want to offer it but I don't think they should force it on people who don't want to go the subscription route. Marda On 11/8/2022 6:18 AM, Monte Single
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gbmagoo@...
It is a company, and they need to pay their emploies. Besides if they did what you ask everyone would be asking it for free, just like all the homeless and others who think they have the right to fried transit free.
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Marda
Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 07:05 To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Finereader 16 trial
Great to hear about the free trial so people can evaluate the program for accessibility. But that stupid yearly subscription! Seems so many companies are going to that and it's fine if they want to offer it but I don't think they should force it on people who don't want to go the subscription route. Marda On 11/8/2022 6:18 AM, Monte Single wrote:
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Monte Single
Hi Marda,
Unfortunatley, monthly or annual subscription is the name of the game. Whether it is music, video, books, software. Cell phone, or internet, all the buisnesses want you to start paying and keep paying. Just about all of them require you to accept a continuous billing plan where you are charged every month or year unless you go through the hoops of stopping the payments manually.
It is truly evil, and the consumer is always at the short end of thestick.
Just start adding up all the things you are paying for by the month, and you will be unpleasantly surprised. Here, of course I am talking about online, digital, or celluar things. Lord have mercy, because ma bell and amazon surely won’t.
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Marda
Sent: November 8, 2022 9:05 AM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Finereader 16 trial
Great to hear about the free trial so people can evaluate the program for accessibility. But that stupid yearly subscription! Seems so many companies are going to that and it's fine if they want to offer it but I don't think they should force it on people who don't want to go the subscription route. Marda On 11/8/2022 6:18 AM, Monte Single wrote:
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Gene
She is asking to be able to buy the program, not subscribe.
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Gene On 11/8/2022 9:10 AM, gbmagoo@...
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Marda
Nobody is saying it should be free. I certainly am not nor am I saying anyone should ride transit free. My goodness. All I was saying was that I think they shouldn't charge a subscription rate. There's nothing wrong with charging for the program at a certain rate and then either offering a certain amount of free upgrades or not or just paying every time like other software programs have done for years. I'm just saying i don't like the trend that so many companies are having including freedom scientific and others of having these annual license subscription things. I think it's fine to offer that for people who want that but I don't think it should be required. I think the ideal way to do things is for people to have choices. Marda On 11/8/2022 9:10 AM, gbmagoo@...
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Marda
I know and that's what I'm saying too. I realize it is trending that way but I think you and I are both just saying we don't like it even though I imagine in the end we will end up bowing to it more and more. Personally I do have a yearly bookshare membership but I do very little subscription stuff. I'm not on a music or cable or satellite tv service and my cell phone does not have a contract. I do agree that if someone uses jaws and wants to upgrade every year they would save money with the annual subscription. Marda On 11/8/2022 9:16 AM, Monte Single
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Marda
Correct. Thanks. Marda On 11/8/2022 9:18 AM, Gene wrote:
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Monte Single
Please read the message. It was not talking about free software. It was talking about a free trial. You know, the old try before you buy.
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of gbmagoo@...
Sent: November 8, 2022 9:11 AM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Finereader 16 trial
It is a company, and they need to pay their emploies. Besides if they did what you ask everyone would be asking it for free, just like all the homeless and others who think they have the right to fried transit free.
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Marda
Great to hear about the free trial so people can evaluate the program for accessibility. But that stupid yearly subscription! Seems so many companies are going to that and it's fine if they want to offer it but I don't think they should force it on people who don't want to go the subscription route. Marda On 11/8/2022 6:18 AM, Monte Single wrote:
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Donna
I'm all for free transit for the homeless, if that is what it will take to help them get rehoused. Not all homeless are worthless, alcoholic or drug induced, I don't give a f*ck persons. Most homeless people are actually individuals who want a home, not a tent on a street corner, to call their own. And to survive they have to turn to dishonest measures to obtain the daily necessities of life. I volunteer many hours a week talking to & helping the homeless. I strongly suggest that you educate yourself & do the same. This World doesn't need all the stereotyping & heartless, uncaring people it currently has.
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Marda
You are right. I have a friend who is currently homeless and living with her daughter in a homeless shelter. This lady is a licensed social worker who worked successfully for many years and raised her daughter to teen age but has fallen on hard times and now finds herself homeless. on In my city there are 150 to 200 people moving in every day and little to no affordable apartments or housing. Certainly there are people out there, and I have talked to them, who say they make more money begging than they would as day laborers or that they don't want to deal with things like paying rent. My husband had a guy ask him if he had an extra cane he could have so he could look like he was blind and beg for more money. Sure there are people out there that have a sense of entitlement or that make me really angry for things like that. Recently a lady came to our church and wanted us to give her money for herself and her kids that she said had lost their home in a fire and were staying in a motel. Someone offered to go with her to the motel and buy her and the kids food and all that but she didn't want that she wanted the money. One time I bought a homeless person some food and they refused it and said they wanted cash which I didn't give them. but there are also many who genuinely want and need help. The situation is complex and not easily solved. I don't like it that there is a tent city behind my complex because there has been a shooting recently and several car break ins and it hasn't been kept clean and has smelled bad and the police made them move but they've come back and I don't like the high crime rate and all that. I am concerned about it because I have had packages stolen as soon as they come on my porch and so yeah I don't like that part. But I don't make broad generalizations about homeless people as a whole because we all are individuals and we wouldn't want people to base their evaluation of us as blind people on some bad experiences with a few blind people. Marda 11/8/2022 12:30 PM, Donna wrote:
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Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc.
Sis Donna, thank you, thank you, thank you! May no one, or any person on
lists frequented by the blind ever experience homelessness! Until it happens to you and to me, it is impossible to understand the magnitude of the pain associated with homelessness! In my own small way, I have had the honor and privilege of helping a veteran find a home. He used to have a home with his wife. He was aveteran of the Vietnam war. Because of PTSD and what the war did to him, staying in a SHELTERED ENVIRONMENT was a rough and tough call. His wife WAS THE STABILIZING FORCE for him. Suddenly, dusty death STOLE HER from him. He lost it all and began living in some kind of an old trailer! It took me and a very dear friend several weeks to get him out of his hideout. Then we had to BUY HIM NEW CLOTHES and work with him at eating foods that were more nourishing. It took us nearly two and a half years, but we finally found him an apartment, got him sorted out with rehabilitation, and, to this day, each time he calls me for a get together, he does so for purposes of introducing me to total strangers and asks them to THANK ME for HOLDING HIS HANDS and working hard to get him out of homelessness. My buddy who worked with me no longer lives in the metro area, he moved to the D.C. area. But no, I DON'T DESERVE THE ACCOLADES! I am JUST GLAD I could be a problem solver and I'm still not the best at it; I am learning each day and being thankful for every successful homerun hit! Again Sis Donna, thanks for what you do; may courage, prowess and strength find you when challenges seem insurmountable. Sincerely, Olusegun Denver, Colorado HI, I AM ANDROID, THE THINKING PERSON'S OS!! |
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Donna
Modirator/group owner, I want to apologize for my off topic post. I got caught up in the moment, because of a blanket statement against the homeless, which was made by someone this list. As I stated, I do volunteer work with the homeless. Recently one of the persons that I felt very close to was killed & the police ruled the death an accident & refused to press charges of any kind against the killer. Again, I apologize for letting my emotions take over & I post against the groups guidelines.
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Gene
Thank you. I would have stopped the thread if it had gone on much longer but it stopped by itself after a small number of messages.
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Gene On 11/8/2022 9:12 PM, Donna wrote:
Modirator/group owner, I want to apologize for my off topic post. I got caught up in the moment, because of a blanket statement against the homeless, which was made by someone this list. As I stated, I do volunteer work with the homeless. Recently one of the persons that I felt very close to was killed & the police ruled the death an accident & refused to press charges of any kind against the killer. Again, I apologize for letting my emotions take over & I post against the groups guidelines. |
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Subscriptyions actually make more sense for certain services. For
example, I wish Graphic Audio offered a subscription, or if
Audible offered a subscription for unlimited access to the
catalog. Those are far better deals than purchasing each title
individually. On 11/8/2022 9:16 AM, Monte Single
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