[gui-talk] Fwd: New Windows 10 accessibility features will improve many lives - TechRepublic

[TaraPrakash]

No matter what Will have to depend onjaws Windows eyes etc.  and NFB will not put pressure on Microsoft so that accessibility with an operating system is sufficient and no third-party screen reader is needed



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> On Feb 8, 2017, at 11:43 AM, Gregory D. Rosenberg via gui-talk <gui-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Good morning everyone,
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> MS has added several improvement for their Narrator. Braille support and mono audio are amongst the enhancements. This is a BETA release for those that choose to receive Windows Updates for Windows 10 on the Windows Insider Fast Track.
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> http://www.techrepublic.com/article/new-windows-10-accessibility-features-will-improve-many-lives/?ftag=TRE684d531&bhid=24278129322317615159007803282442 
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> Braille support in Narrator (beta). Now, when you have a USB- or serial-based braille display attached to your PC you can use it with Narrator.
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> Mono audio option. Visually impaired users who use a screen reader with headphones or earbuds can now enable a mono audio option in Ease of Access settings “so the other ear is free to hear conversations and sounds around them.”
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> Feedback Hub improvements. Microsoft is finally tackling the problem of too much duplicate pieces of feedback by letting user combined them in collections. Which can, collectively, be up-voted just like an individual piece of feedback.
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> Night light improvements. The new Night light feature gets another improvement in this build, with the night light color temperature range extended to a very red (1200 K) color.
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> See: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2017/02/01/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-15025-pc/#aoee4jFiqHPrCeoP.97 <https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2017/02/01/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-15025-pc/#aoee4jFiqHPrCeoP.97> for details of Windows 10 build 15025.
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> "The rapidly changing threat landscape today makes it almost impractical to secure our computers and networks against all vulnerabilities. Security organizations collectively are seeing nearly four new threats every second. Therefore, we must shift our security goals to making our computers and networks survive the invevitable attacks."
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