[NFBCS] Is There Anything Different about Accessibility with Windows 11

[Steve Shelton]

Hi Nicole -

If you are a JAWS user, you might want to check out FS CAST  from several
months back. Glen Gordon highlights a number of the changes in Windows 11. I
upgraded based on this POD cast.

Steve  

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Windows 11

Hello Nicole:

There are definite procedural and operational changes in Windows 11 which
will impact screen reader users. While one might classify these as annoying
and somewhat frustrating, in the main, Windows 11 is accessible to the
blind. In File Explorer, the ribbon is gone and thus, you need to press the
Alt key in order to get to the menus in that program. In terms of displaying
all applications in the System Tray, you will have to select all of the apps
one by one instead of globally telling Windows to display all of them in the
system tray. The Taskbar is has a lot of widgets which I would remove to
clean things up. The Clipboard history is somewhat less verbose than the
Clipboard History in Windows 10, but not so as you would be denied access.

These are the things I am aware of that have changed in Windows 11. I am
sure other folks can call out other changes that would affect blind users.

Cordially,

Curtis Chong

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Subject: [NFBCS] Is There Anything Different about Accessibility with
Windows 11

            For a while now, my Windows 10 laptop has been reminding me that
I can upgrade to Windows 11. Is there anything different with accessibility
in Windows 11 or some other reason that I should not upgrade?

 

Thanks,

Nicole

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