[Blindtlk] Windows 10: Hopefully an Allowed Question

[Edward Green]

Hi Chris,

I haven’t tried to use Windows 10 as yet with JAWS or any other screen reader so will confine myself to your questions 2 and 3.

On 2, Microsoft are apparently going to release a new version of Office - Office 2016 - in the second half of the year, optimised for Windows 10.  Whether or not you wait for that or buy Office 2013 either now or for less when Office 2016 comes out may depend on your plans for JAWS.  I imagine you may need to upgrade to JAWS 17 for Office 2016 to work, and JAWS support took a while to settle down when Office 2013 came out.

On 3, Office 2013 is accessible but different to previous versions, particularly when compared to Office 2003 with the introduction of the ribbon.  I too need to use Word and Excel for work, and have been able to do everything I needed to in Office 2013.

Cheers,

Ed


> On 23 Jun 2015, at 20:54, Szostak, Christine via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
>  Ok, first, if this is not allowed on this list, I apologize and just let me know as I was not certain how acceptable questions about software (accessibility-related) are on this list as I know some lists have restrictions on this topic. I will withdraw my questions if they are not permitted.
> 
>  I have a few quick questions (all but one are blindness-specific). I am thinking about upgrading shortly after the release of Windows 10 next month from Windows 7. After listening to FSCast, I think I might be able to deal with it (especially as I suspect my employer is also going to make us upgrade):).
> 
> 1)  Has anyone tried using the available Windows 10 releases (home edition) with JAWS and what is your opinion?
> 
> 2)  Right now I am using a weird mix of MSO:). I am using 2003 for Word and Excel and 2013 for Outlook (which I am not at all impressed with as it acts really odd with JAWS, especially in the  spell check and related features). I know that when upgrading, I would need to upgrade to the latest version of MSO fully. Should I wait and not purchase MSO 2013 (i.e., will a totally new version that will work better be coming out with the official release next month)?
> 
> 3)  For those using JAWS 16 with the latest version of MSO, whether it is 2013 or something specific to Windows 10 (see 2 above),  how accessible is it. Since Word and Excel are a huge part of my job, I need to make sure I can access both of these (especially the functions in Excel) so I need to make sure they are fully accessible for me.
> Have a wonderful rest of the week,
> Chris
> 
> Dr. Christine M. Szostak
> Assistant Professor of Psychology
> Department of Social Sciences
> Shorter University
> Rome, Georgia
> szostak.1 at osu.edu<mailto:szostak.1 at osu.edu>
> cszostak at shorter.edu
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