[Nfb-krafters-korner] Windows 8 help please

Blindhands at aol.com Blindhands at aol.com
Thu Mar 20 21:49:18 UTC 2014 

Great ideas and thank you for them.  I will call you tomorrow.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 3/20/2014 5:47:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
cobaltblueheron at gmail.com writes:

One  thing you can do is load Jaws demo version on there to get a little bit
of  a helping hand.

Then you can use Window Eyes to restart the thing when  the Jaws demo mode
times out.

At least until you find your way  around the computer.  Then you can learn
Window Eyes.


Also,  I think that Window Eyes has a Jaws key configuration so those who  
are
migrating to Window Eyes from Jaws will find it  easier.
Dixie
@-> ~ <-@

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WWell now that you say that, my son told me to  leave the computer on as it 
 
was running all the update stuff and I  didn't have any idea what it was  
doing.  John, is not well and  in bed so I don't have any eyes to read  it.

I plugged it in to  the electricity last night and haven't touched it today 
 
at  all.  Hopefully it downloaded updates and the new Windows update  along 
 
with it.

I know I am biting off a big chunck starting  with Windoweyes and Window 8, 
 
but I can't keep shelling out a few  hundred dollors each time to upgrade  
JAWS.  The last time it  cost me $469 j  which was for the 2 step  upgrade
and  
contract for 2 versions upgrade.  So I did that to get JAWS to   work with 
Windows 7 and I  thought if Windoweyes is made by Windows  and  Windows 8 
is 
what they have on the computers, shouldn't  everything get along and  play 
well together.  Moment temporary  dreaming...

Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_  (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com    


In a message dated 3/20/2014 5:04:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight  Time,  
slerythema at gmail.com writes:

I feel  your pain,  Joyce! My sister got a new desktop with 8 on it for
Christmas I  had  to go over and install  a bunch of stuff on it and it took
me   forever to find things.

On the newer keyboards, there is now only  one  windows key on the left, so
starting at your space bar and going  to the  left should be alt, windows,
control. Going to the right can  vary with  keyboards, especially laptops.
Typically, you get alt and  context, then it  really depends on the laptop
sometimes you have a  control key, sometimes  you may get your arrow keys 
and
then the  control key (arrow keys are  probably going to be left arrow,  
down
arrow, right arrow in a straight line  with the up arrow above  the down
arrow).

Try using windows key+d to  get to the  desktop, you will need to find 
desktop
to find programs.   Unfortunately, I don't remember how I got there at this
point.  

Pray  that you will get a windows update soon to 8.1, it is  supposed to  
bring
back the start button and hopefully that will  make it easier to find  
things.

Good luck.

Cindy  s.

> -----Original  Message-----
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>  bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of  Blindhands at aol.com
> Sent:  Wednesday, March 19, 2014 6:53 PM
> To:   nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner]  Windows  8 help please
> 
> I need some help please.
>  
> I got  a laptop with windows 8 and my son dropped it off but  didn't show 
me
>  anything on it.  He installed Windoweyes  with a tutorial, office  
[newest
> version that you pay annually to  upgrade.
> 
> I  don't have any raised dots yet to put on  keyboard to help me find  the
keys.
> 
> I know where the  control key is, but I don't or  can't find anything 
like 
a
list  of
> the programs.
> 
> I  thought I would like to find  Internet explorer and start somewhere.
>  
> He put outlook  express or whatever they call it, but I never used   that
either
> and am totally lost here.
> 
> Thought  I  could sit in bed and dittle, but dittling is not working.
>  
>  Help anyone!!!
> 
> Joyce  Kane
>   _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
>   Blindhands at AOL.com
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