<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">A drastic change has been announced regarding the future of Dragon NS as assistive technology in the near future. NOAT technology association is sponsoring a webinar with Nuance execs coming up soon to discuss the impact Nuance's proposed changes will have for the product and its availability.</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">The upshot is that Nuance has announced they're moving away from a stand-alone individual license for laptops/desktops and only offering the cloud-based subscription version of Dragon Anywhere.</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">MHO is that this does not serve the disabled community or the community with spotty, unreliable, or non-existent internet/wifi access and I've written in as part of a national petition of DSS service providers to demand (request strongly) that Nuance continue to offer downloadable single user laptop or desktop options.</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">If you and/or your colleagues want to learn more about this and want to have the chance to speak up to Nuance directly, please join in on this webinar:</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-family:inherit">FROM NOAT: The Future of Dragon as Assistive Technology</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">Recently Dragon has been in the AT News, rumoured to be making substantial changes to their products and pricing. If implemented, these changes would have an immense negative impact on those we support.</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">Join The Network of Assistive Technologists as we welcome </span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-family:inherit">Jamey Klein</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">, Account Executive, Dragon Enterprise Sales, </span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-family:inherit">Mike Millward</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">, Senior Dragon Product Manager, and </span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-family:inherit">Ed McGuiggan</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">, General Manager of the Dragon Professional & Consumer business.</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">Jamey, Mike, and Ed will be addressing these recent rumours, discussing our concerns, as well as reviewing the Dragon product roadmap and collecting overall feedback to help shape the future of Dragon.</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-family:inherit">All members of the Assistive Technology Professionals community are invited to join us on Friday, December 11, 2020 at 1:30pm Eastern.</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-family:inherit">For full details and to register, please visit the </span></span><span class="gmail-py34i1dx" style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-family:inherit">N.O.A.T. Events Site</span></span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-family:inherit">.</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">We look forward to seeing you online Friday, December 11, 2020 at 1:30pm Eastern</span></span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><br></span></span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><br></span></span></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Wink Harner<br></div>Accessibility Consultant/Alternative Text Production<br></div>The Foreign Type<br><br></div></div>Portland OR<br><a href="mailto:foreigntype@gmail.com" target="_blank">foreigntype@gmail.com</a><br>480-984-0034<br><br></div><div>This email was dictated using Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Please forgive quirks, misrecognitions, or errata .<br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br>
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