[nfbcs] Fwd: Collecting Information for Microsoft's new CAO

[Christopher Chaltain]

OK, are you saying this is just the current state of affairs, or are you 
saying that you'll never be able to use a screen reader to install 
Windows? I wouldn't agree with the second statement, since if you can do 
it on Linux, I don't know why you shouldn't be able to do it on Windows 
with a built in screen reader.

On 23/02/16 20:12, Nicole Torcolini wrote:
> Okay, my error. I meant on Windows. *grin*
>
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> I don't understand. This isn't true at all. I've installed Linux more times
> than I can count with the Orca screen reader. This is true on bare metal and
> in a virtual machine. I don't see why the same couldn't be true on Windows,
> and in fact, I've used Narrator to set up a system where the OS was already
> installed, so I don't see that it's a big leap to be able to use Narrator
> during an install. If I had a Windows 10 CD, I'd pop it into my system, hit
> the Windows+Enter hot key to start Narrator and see how far I could get.
>
> On 23/02/16 17:54, Nicole Torcolini via nfbcs wrote:
>> It does not matter what screen reader you are using. During os
> installation, a screen reader cannot be used.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Feb 23, 2016, at 12:54 PM, paras shah via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> I think the following improvements should be made to assistive
>> technologies that Microsoft makes.
>> If you are installing windows, narrator should guide you through the
>> install process. Also, let's say you are resetting the PC, narrator
>> should speak any proms that come up during the reset process.
>> Narrators should work like voiceover and be a full-fledged screen
>> reader. This is necessary no matter what other companies say.
>> On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 2:02 PM ed meskys via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I am also carboning Jan McSorley directly.
>>>
>>> Over ten years ago a sighted friend helped me create several
>>> databases in ACCESS, which I have used successfully with JFW. While I
>>> could not create them, I was successful in looking up information,
>>> adding or deleting records, or updating fields. I did this in W98SE
>>> and WXP. My new computer has W7 and I cannot find the database. In
>>> WXP I would "enter" on "access,", type "ctr o", and backtab once.
>>> Then I would downarrow until I found the database I needed, and open it.
>>>
>>> I had sighted help transferring my files to the new computer, but
>>> simply cannot find them to open them.
>>>
>>> I have a slow learning curve in learning new software, so am
>>> reluctant to go to W10. How well have other blind users coped? I am
>>> using the Office 03 version of Access, and had seen no need to find
>>> someone to reprogram my databases in a newer version. My friend who
>>> did the original programming died several years ago, and I do not
>>> have a new person.
>>>
>>> If you think a reply on this listserv would bore others, please reply
>>> off-line directly to
>>>
>>> edmeskys at gmail.com
>>>
>>> Thanks, Ed Meskys
>>>
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