[Blind-international-students] regarding windows 7
Guido Corona
guidoc at austin.rr.com
Tue Oct 20 16:53:29 UTC 2009
Hi Aziza, it looks like JAWS 11, which is now shipping, supports Windows 7.
See:
http://www.freedomscientific.com/news/pressroom/2009/JAWS-11-released.asp
Guido
Guido D. Corona
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Has their been any discussion as to how easy windows 7 will be for blind and
low vision students to use with screen readers? I know some blind
individuals got a hang of vista, but I also know that number was
considerably low, myself preferring to remain with XP. How will 7 interact
with JAWS, window i's, zoom text, magnifier, narrator, and all the other
screen readers. How will its set up read out to those of us yousing speech
output softwares, and how will it navigate within its own system for our
assistive technology?
Aziza
On 10/20/09, labhendra mhatre <dr.labhendra at gmail.com> wrote:
> hi,
> Why Microsoft can't afford Windows 7 to fail
>
>
>
>
> Will Windows 7 allow users to forget Vista?
> On Thursday, Microsoft launches Windows 7, the latest version of
> its operating system. Its success or failure will determine the future
> of the world's biggest software company.
> When talking about Microsoft, it is useful to remind yourself of
> the sheer scale of its reach. Windows powers about 90% of the world's
> computers; by the company's own reckoning more than one billion people
> use it.
> Windows also powers Microsoft. During its last financial year, a
> $58.4bn (£35.7bn) turnover generated an operating profit of $20.3bn
> (net profit: $14.6bn). Windows accounted for well over half of that.
> For years, critics have claimed that Microsoft's virtual monopoly
> is about to end.
> They say it will be brought down by a resurgent Apple, insurgent
> open-source rival Linux or a revolution in how we use computers, when
> the actual computing moves from desktop machines to the "cloud" where
> software runs on remote servers.
> Windows without a Vista
> In reality, Microsoft has been its own worst enemy. Ruthless
> behaviour towards rivals earned it the attention of regulators such as
> the European Commission and the US Department of Justice.
>
>
> Windows 7 is much easier to install than its predecessor
> More importantly, three years ago Microsoft botched the release
> of Vista, the operating system that preceded Windows 7.
> Vista - a bloated, difficult to install operating system - left
> many early users with suddenly unusable hardware and software. The
> disaster badly undermined Microsoft's credibility with consumers and
> software developers.
> Today, Vista is still outshone by its eight-year-old predecessor
> Windows XP. One (particularly low) estimate from web metrics firm Net
> Applications suggests Vista has a mere 18.6% share of the market.
> Others put it at just over 35%, which is still a poor figure.
> Among companies, "Vista is the worst-adopted operating system",
> according to Annette Jump, research director at Gartner, a technology
> research firm.
> The president of Microsoft International, Jean-Philippe Courtois,
> opts for understatement: "We don't feel great about Vista adoption."
> Windows reloaded
> Windows 7 is Microsoft's one and maybe only chance to redeem
> itself. "We have learned a lot from what went wrong with Vista," is a
> mantra repeated by every Microsoft executive.
>
> The preparations for Windows 7 have been a remarkable step
> up from the days of dealing with Vista
>
> Alex Gruzen, Dell
> For starters, Windows 7 is on time, arriving less than three
> years after the launch of Vista, which was two years overdue.
> Early users report it to be fast, reliable, secure and easy to
> use on the move.
> Most importantly, Microsoft went out of its way to avoid a repeat
> of its biggest Vista mistake, when it failed to prepare its partners
> for the new system.
> Windows 7 loves Windows 95
>
>
> "Peek" helps users find their way around a crowded taskbar
> "The Windows ecosystem is the broadest in the world, and we have
> to take care of that," says Mr Courtois.
> Microsoft's partners have noticed the change in tack. "The
> preparations for Windows 7 have been a remarkable step up from the
> days of dealing with Vista," says Alex Gruzen, the man in charge of
> consumer products at the computer giant Dell.
> "In the past, Microsoft looked at its operating system in
> isolation, and gave it to [manufacturers] to do whatever they wanted,"
> he says. "Now they collaborate, help to figure out which third-party
> vendors are slowing down the system, help them improve their code."
>
> We expect a tangible Windows 7 bounce [in PC sales]
>
> Richard Huddy, AMD
> Microsoft, promises Mr Courtois, has "worked very hard with
> Windows 7 to achieve applications compatibility." When it rolled out
> the first service pack for Vista, there were a mere 2,700 applications
> certified to work with the system.
> At launch, Windows 7 boasts 8,500 certified apps.
> And if you want to use old software on your computer, Microsoft
> has built in a "compatibility tool" that allows you to run
> applications that were built for operating systems as old as Windows
> 95.
> Windows 7 also has a smaller "footprint" than Vista. It needs
> less computing power so older PCs run it quite happily. "Our PCs have
> gained another two years lifetime," says Chris Page, who deployed
> Windows 7 on nearly 700 computers in schools run by Warwickshire
> County Council.
> Just one five-year-old laptop refused to run the new operating
> system, he reports.
> The best or worst of times?
> But is this the right time to launch an operating system? Parts
> of the world may be out of recession, but investment remains low and
> consumers are facing the prospect of rising unemployment.
> The timing, however, might actually be Microsoft's biggest asset.
>
>
> The new Taskbar preview is popular with users
>
>
> "Technology has always been leading economies out of recession,"
> says George Colony, boss of tech research firm Forrester.
> Despite the downturn, IT investment is growing three times faster
> than most economies, reports tech industry analyst IDC. Even among
> consumers there are still pockets of growth, especially small netbooks
> with their low-power processors, which cannot run Vista but deliver
> zippy performance under Windows 7.
> The launch of the new operating system will produce "a tangible
> Windows 7 bounce", says Richard Huddy of chipmaker AMD.
> "Along with that, we're also seeing evidence on a global scale
> that the recession is starting to lessen."
> "The fact that Win 7 is more efficient than Windows Vista means
> that it's viable for lower-cost PCs, so I think we can safely say
> we're increasingly optimistic."
> The bottom line
> At Dell, Alex Gruzen sounds bullish too. Many companies have kept
> old computers running for at least a year longer than they would
> normally do. Now "there is some optimism that the refresh cycle will
> begin over the next year; Windows 7 certainly helps, it provides a
> good catalyst for it."
>
>
> April 2014: the deadline for Windows XP
> A changed digital world is also driving change. Consumers and
> corporate computer users are becoming more mobile and Windows XP
> simply was not built for that.
> Forcing the issue, Microsoft has said it will stop supporting
> Windows XP in April 2014. And even if there is an extension, by then
> most makers of third-party software for XP will have phased out their
> support, says Steve Kleynhans, vice-president of research at Gartner,
> "which will increase the pressure to upgrade" to Windows 7.
> Also, organisations testing Windows 7, such as the UK accounting
> firm Baker Tilly and the City of Miami, report sharply lower support
> and energy costs, and higher productivity, according to Stella
> Chernyak, the product manager for Windows 7 Enterprise.
> Gartner's Steve Kleiynhans also counsels companies against the
> traditional wait for "Service Pack 1", because these days Microsoft
> rolls out upgrades and updates continuously. The service pack will be
> a mere catch-up for those who have failed to install them.
> The bottom line for Mr Courtois: "We expect business to adopt
> Windows 7 much faster" than previous operating systems.
> Watching rivals
>
>
> Microsoft has tidied up Windows Explorer
> At Gartner, Annette Jump is more cautious: "We don't expect that
> Windows 7 will drive PC shipments," although companies "really will
> have to" upgrade to Windows 7, because otherwise "the support costs
> for older PCs will be piling up".
> Microsoft's timing has been helped by the fact that one of its
> arch rivals, Google, won't launch its lightweight operating system
> Chrome OS before the middle of next year, which will be plenty of time
> to establish Windows 7 firmly in the netbook market.
> Also useful is the misstep of its other nemesis, Apple, which
> uncharacteristically botched its new operating system Snow Leopard,
> not anywhere near as badly as Vista, but enough to give Microsoft a
> clear run for its Windows 7 launch.
> Windows' last hurrah?
> "I really have to go back to Windows 95 to remember people being
> so excited about a new operating system," says Mr Courtois, a 25-year
> veteran of Microsoft.
> "Windows 7 is everything that Vista promised to be and more,"
> enthuses AMD's Richard Huddy. Dell's Alex Gruzen calls the software
> "outstanding."
> This may be hyperbole. Gartner analyst Annette Jump, for one,
> calls Windows 7 "a polishing release of Windows Vista".
> But most reviews have been positive, even enthusiastic. "The fact
> it's an operating system I see nobody complaining about [suggests] you
> have something that's really good and solid," argues Mr Huddy.
> That alone will not banish the fundamental threats to Microsoft's
> business model, though.
> Over the next few years there will be "a big shift to [operating
> system] neutral applications like browser-based apps, Java,
> Silverlight, Flash, .Net", says Mr Kleynhans at Gartner.
> "That will limit the dominance, the factors that drive people to
> have Windows."
> Should Microsoft rest on its Windows 7 laurels, it might end up
> being its most, but also its last, successful operating system.
>
>
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> Why Microsoft can't afford Windows 7 to fail
>
>
>
>
> Will Windows 7 allow users to forget Vista?
> On Thursday, Microsoft launches Windows 7, the latest version of
> its operating system. Its success or failure will determine the future
> of the world's biggest software company.
> When talking about Microsoft, it is useful to remind yourself of
> the sheer scale of its reach. Windows powers about 90% of the world's
> computers; by the company's own reckoning more than one billion people
> use it.
> Windows also powers Microsoft. During its last financial year, a
> $58.4bn (£35.7bn) turnover generated an operating profit of $20.3bn
> (net profit: $14.6bn). Windows accounted for well over half of that.
> For years, critics have claimed that Microsoft's virtual monopoly
> is about to end.
> They say it will be brought down by a resurgent Apple, insurgent
> open-source rival Linux or a revolution in how we use computers, when
> the actual computing moves from desktop machines to the "cloud" where
> software runs on remote servers.
> Windows without a Vista
> In reality, Microsoft has been its own worst enemy. Ruthless
> behaviour towards rivals earned it the attention of regulators such as
> the European Commission and the US Department of Justice.
>
>
> Windows 7 is much easier to install than its predecessor
> More importantly, three years ago Microsoft botched the release
> of Vista, the operating system that preceded Windows 7.
> Vista - a bloated, difficult to install operating system - left
> many early users with suddenly unusable hardware and software. The
> disaster badly undermined Microsoft's credibility with consumers and
> software developers.
> Today, Vista is still outshone by its eight-year-old predecessor
> Windows XP. One (particularly low) estimate from web metrics firm Net
> Applications suggests Vista has a mere 18.6% share of the market.
> Others put it at just over 35%, which is still a poor figure.
> Among companies, "Vista is the worst-adopted operating system",
> according to Annette Jump, research director at Gartner, a technology
> research firm.
> The president of Microsoft International, Jean-Philippe Courtois,
> opts for understatement: "We don't feel great about Vista adoption."
> Windows reloaded
> Windows 7 is Microsoft's one and maybe only chance to redeem
> itself. "We have learned a lot from what went wrong with Vista," is a
> mantra repeated by every Microsoft executive.
>
> The preparations for Windows 7 have been a remarkable step
> up from the days of dealing with Vista
>
> Alex Gruzen, Dell
> For starters, Windows 7 is on time, arriving less than three
> years after the launch of Vista, which was two years overdue.
> Early users report it to be fast, reliable, secure and easy to
> use on the move.
> Most importantly, Microsoft went out of its way to avoid a repeat
> of its biggest Vista mistake, when it failed to prepare its partners
> for the new system.
> Windows 7 loves Windows 95
>
>
> "Peek" helps users find their way around a crowded taskbar
> "The Windows ecosystem is the broadest in the world, and we have
> to take care of that," says Mr Courtois.
> Microsoft's partners have noticed the change in tack. "The
> preparations for Windows 7 have been a remarkable step up from the
> days of dealing with Vista," says Alex Gruzen, the man in charge of
> consumer products at the computer giant Dell.
> "In the past, Microsoft looked at its operating system in
> isolation, and gave it to [manufacturers] to do whatever they wanted,"
> he says. "Now they collaborate, help to figure out which third-party
> vendors are slowing down the system, help them improve their code."
>
> We expect a tangible Windows 7 bounce [in PC sales]
>
> Richard Huddy, AMD
> Microsoft, promises Mr Courtois, has "worked very hard with
> Windows 7 to achieve applications compatibility." When it rolled out
> the first service pack for Vista, there were a mere 2,700 applications
> certified to work with the system.
> At launch, Windows 7 boasts 8,500 certified apps.
> And if you want to use old software on your computer, Microsoft
> has built in a "compatibility tool" that allows you to run
> applications that were built for operating systems as old as Windows
> 95.
> Windows 7 also has a smaller "footprint" than Vista. It needs
> less computing power so older PCs run it quite happily. "Our PCs have
> gained another two years lifetime," says Chris Page, who deployed
> Windows 7 on nearly 700 computers in schools run by Warwickshire
> County Council.
> Just one five-year-old laptop refused to run the new operating
> system, he reports.
> The best or worst of times?
> But is this the right time to launch an operating system? Parts
> of the world may be out of recession, but investment remains low and
> consumers are facing the prospect of rising unemployment.
> The timing, however, might actually be Microsoft's biggest asset.
>
>
> The new Taskbar preview is popular with users
>
>
> "Technology has always been leading economies out of recession,"
> says George Colony, boss of tech research firm Forrester.
> Despite the downturn, IT investment is growing three times faster
> than most economies, reports tech industry analyst IDC. Even among
> consumers there are still pockets of growth, especially small netbooks
> with their low-power processors, which cannot run Vista but deliver
> zippy performance under Windows 7.
> The launch of the new operating system will produce "a tangible
> Windows 7 bounce", says Richard Huddy of chipmaker AMD.
> "Along with that, we're also seeing evidence on a global scale
> that the recession is starting to lessen."
> "The fact that Win 7 is more efficient than Windows Vista means
> that it's viable for lower-cost PCs, so I think we can safely say
> we're increasingly optimistic."
> The bottom line
> At Dell, Alex Gruzen sounds bullish too. Many companies have kept
> old computers running for at least a year longer than they would
> normally do. Now "there is some optimism that the refresh cycle will
> begin over the next year; Windows 7 certainly helps, it provides a
> good catalyst for it."
>
>
> April 2014: the deadline for Windows XP
> A changed digital world is also driving change. Consumers and
> corporate computer users are becoming more mobile and Windows XP
> simply was not built for that.
> Forcing the issue, Microsoft has said it will stop supporting
> Windows XP in April 2014. And even if there is an extension, by then
> most makers of third-party software for XP will have phased out their
> support, says Steve Kleynhans, vice-president of research at Gartner,
> "which will increase the pressure to upgrade" to Windows 7.
> Also, organisations testing Windows 7, such as the UK accounting
> firm Baker Tilly and the City of Miami, report sharply lower support
> and energy costs, and higher productivity, according to Stella
> Chernyak, the product manager for Windows 7 Enterprise.
> Gartner's Steve Kleiynhans also counsels companies against the
> traditional wait for "Service Pack 1", because these days Microsoft
> rolls out upgrades and updates continuously. The service pack will be
> a mere catch-up for those who have failed to install them.
> The bottom line for Mr Courtois: "We expect business to adopt
> Windows 7 much faster" than previous operating systems.
> Watching rivals
>
>
> Microsoft has tidied up Windows Explorer
> At Gartner, Annette Jump is more cautious: "We don't expect that
> Windows 7 will drive PC shipments," although companies "really will
> have to" upgrade to Windows 7, because otherwise "the support costs
> for older PCs will be piling up".
> Microsoft's timing has been helped by the fact that one of its
> arch rivals, Google, won't launch its lightweight operating system
> Chrome OS before the middle of next year, which will be plenty of time
> to establish Windows 7 firmly in the netbook market.
> Also useful is the misstep of its other nemesis, Apple, which
> uncharacteristically botched its new operating system Snow Leopard,
> not anywhere near as badly as Vista, but enough to give Microsoft a
> clear run for its Windows 7 launch.
> Windows' last hurrah?
> "I really have to go back to Windows 95 to remember people being
> so excited about a new operating system," says Mr Courtois, a 25-year
> veteran of Microsoft.
> "Windows 7 is everything that Vista promised to be and more,"
> enthuses AMD's Richard Huddy. Dell's Alex Gruzen calls the software
> "outstanding."
> This may be hyperbole. Gartner analyst Annette Jump, for one,
> calls Windows 7 "a polishing release of Windows Vista".
> But most reviews have been positive, even enthusiastic. "The fact
> it's an operating system I see nobody complaining about [suggests] you
> have something that's really good and solid," argues Mr Huddy.
> That alone will not banish the fundamental threats to Microsoft's
> business model, though.
> Over the next few years there will be "a big shift to [operating
> system] neutral applications like browser-based apps, Java,
> Silverlight, Flash, .Net", says Mr Kleynhans at Gartner.
> "That will limit the dominance, the factors that drive people to
> have Windows."
> Should Microsoft rest on its Windows 7 laurels, it might end up
> being its most, but also its last, successful operating system.
>
>
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