[gui-talk] Windows 8 On-Screen Keyboard
Curtis Chong
curtischong at earthlink.net
Sat Jul 21 16:45:44 UTC 2012
Evelyn:
That would indeed be my recommendation at this point in time. Windows 7
represents, as others have pointed out, a less steep learning curve for
people who are now using Windows XP.
Cordially,
Curtis Chong
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Hi, Curtis,
Under the circumstances, would you advise those of us using XP to
obtain Windows 7 while we can still get it? I absolutely do not
want to buy a new desktop and new laptop at this time. EVELYN
still
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Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Windows 8 On-Screen Keyboard
Greetings:
One is tempted to ponder the effect this interesting design will
have on the
nonvisual user. If Microsoft were to conduct as much research
and put as
much thought into the nonvisual ways a touch screen keyboard is
to be used,
then we, the blind, would really be moving forward in this area.
Alas, my
expectations here are not so high<sigh>.
Cordially,
Curtis Chong
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Subject: [gui-talk] Windows 8 On-Screen Keyboard
The "Building Windows 8" blog from Microsoft continues to serve
up
interesting information, and a heads-up for what we may be
dealing with in
future versions of Windows. The July 17 installment at
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/07/17/designing-the-windo
ws-8-touch-
keyboard.aspx
describes the research and decisions that went into Microsoft's
implementation of the on-screen keyboard for Windows 8 apps
running in the
Metro mode on a touch screen. How this will work with Narrator,
JAWS or
Window-Eyes is anybody's guess, but it's interesting reading,
anyway.
Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Project Engineer
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress 202-707-0535
http://www.loc.gov/nls
The preceding opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect
those of
the Library of Congress, NLS.
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