[nfbcs] new Windows s release prohibits third party apps from running

[Nicole Torcolini]

>From Top Tech Tidbits:
1B) But Microsoft will give screen reader users a free upgrade from Windows
10 S to Windows 10 Pro. This post confirms that policy, and also announces
upcoming accessibility changes in Windows 10, including many for Narrator:
http://bit.ly/2qXVwx4


-----Original Message-----
From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jim Barbour via
nfbcs
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 11:06 AM
To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
Cc: Jim Barbour
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] new Windows s release prohibits third party apps from
running

I believe in one of the TWIT podcasts, maybe it was Security Now, they
talked about how you can pay to promote windows S to a full version of
Windows.  I wonder if Microsoft might just provide a free upgrade as a
solution to this accessibility problem?  I suspect that might cause other
security related issues, but it seems like to road Microsoft might adopt.

Jim

On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 01:25:34PM -0400, Graham Mehl via nfbcs wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I know I am missing a side of this story, meaning from Microsoft 
> accessibility side. So my question is has anyone seen something from 
> Microsoft that addresses specifically accessibility features of the 
> new release of the Windows OS - Windows S and Windows s pro?
> 
>  
> 
> What I have seen from two independent sources that:
> 
> 1.       No third party applications will be able to run on Windows S
unless
> it is in the Windows app store, including screen readers such as JAWS,
NVDA.
> 
> 2.       Only the Microsoft edge web browser will be allowed to run in
> Windows S. So browsers like fire fox and chrome will not work or be 
> allowed to install.
> 
>  
> 
> My two sources are: 
> 
> 1.       A security now podcast on all sorts of security issues
> 
> 2.       An article from a blind newsletter I get
> 
> 
> Microsoft recently announced low-cost Windows 10 S, aimed at students, 
> which can only run apps from the Microsoft Store. No third-party 
> screen reader, including free NVDA, can run it. Here's why:
> 
> 
> 3.
> <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001wAxLv1x7pg3vSvdPt4A92C9E2W7af6H8GY7fXp
> er9cwZ 
> Tk9j3oARU-AZVGRimBnCDygPTdb8ne5yYhT7ZmQ2-XWs10rIV_ZQSCv5wAiVuI7yxSwE95
> 6VGloc 
> LFRtAB5gz_kdj-dxkOdvE9mjk9Sp9qs8dCivO3jbVwaobH1Q6Qs=&c=7gjRkAgaY5E2WMM
> 17JMLv 
> b7rBn3ubTHq0B___Hz_Q9cLK8bHuNGDsg==&ch=9Ls-6YfTdC94FAoLQkDsPgbPdL7LTNL
> CccPgC RJVsndoRUS13daMdg==> http://bit.ly/2rBMXuq
> 
>  
> 
> Should the blind be concerned with this? Does anyone know if someone 
> in the NFB is looking to address these limiting capabilities?
> 
>  
> 
> --
> 
> Graham Mehl
> 
>  <mailto:blind at trailstone.com> blind at trailstone.com
> 
> NFB Central Maryland Chapter, Vice President
> 
> LCB graduate, 2016
> 
>  
> 
>  <http://www.freedomscientific.com/Certification>
> 
>  
> 



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