[Nfbf-l] Jaws and Windows10 - Microsoft will be supportingWindows7 for at least ten years

[RJ Sandefur]

I personally would stick with jaws. RJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ryan Mann via Nfbf-l" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
To: "Jim Ellsworth" <jellsworth1 at tampabay.rr.com>; "NFB of Florida Internet 
Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2015 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Jaws and Windows10 - Microsoft will be 
supportingWindows7 for at least ten years


> The NVDA screen reader will also likely support Windows 10 soon after it 
> is released.
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Apr 1, 2015, at 8:58 AM, Jim Ellsworth via Nfbf-l <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Alan and all,
>>
>> While I cannot disclose a release date for when JAWS will begin 
>> supporting
>> Windows 10 I can say this.  If you look back at the history of when JAWS
>> would support the newest operating system from Microsoft you will see 
>> that
>> there has been support either from the very beginning when the new 
>> operating
>> system is released or very soon after.  So, what I am really saying here 
>> is
>> that it isn't going to take until 2018 for JAWS to support Windows 10.  I 
>> am
>> sure you will be very surprised as to how soon JAWS will support the new
>> Windows 10 operating system.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Jim Ellsworth
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nfbf-l [mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Alan Dicey 
>> via
>> Nfbf-l
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 10:01 AM
>> To: NFB Florida List Group
>> Subject: [Nfbf-l] Jaws and Windows10 - Microsoft will be supporting 
>> Windows7
>> for at least ten years
>>
>> Dear Friends,
>> I just got this off another list.
>> It is good to know, so folks do not feel compelled to jump to Windows 10.
>> What a relief to know!
>> The poster writes:
>>
>> I asked blind services here in Florida about Windows 10 and they told me
>> there are of course bugs, going to be bugs, things not working right and
>> that  they have talked with Microsoft and they were told that Microsoft 
>> will
>>
>> be  supporting Windows 7 for at least ten years, so not to worry about
>> upgrading, since the state just bought new computers for thousands of 
>> blind
>> in Florida all  Windows 7.  According to the blind service specialist 
>> they
>> say Jaws won't  even have scripts for Windows 10 for at least three 
>> years.
>> So the earliest  anyone using Jaws could upgrade shouldn't be until 
>> 2018.
>> this information, was found on MediaReq.
>>
>> With Best Regards,
>> God Bless,
>> Alan
>> Plantation, Florida
>>
>>
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