[Trainer-talk] Teaching Windows 8

[Julie Adkins]

I haven't gotten a request for training on it yet (thankfully, since I am
still working on VoiceOver and haven't even tried JAWS 14 yet!), but I have
been collecting information. I have pasted some links below in case they are
helpful.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/gladiatormsft/archive/2012/11/13/windows-8-for-th
ose-of-us-who-still-prefer-keyboard-shortcuts-to-touch-screens-we-salute-you
.aspx?goback=%2Egde_97729_member_185257649

http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-surface-rt-gesture-and-keyboard-shortcut-guid
e-7000006851/

www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35751&WT.mc_id=rss_alldownl
oads_all

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/robmar/archive/2012/11/16/windows-8-accessibility-tu
torial-guide.aspx

http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/windows8/default.aspx

http://www.rnib.org.uk/livingwithsightloss/computersphones/pc/accessibility/
Pages/windows8.aspx?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social_media&utm_campaign=
windows8

There is also a blindwindows8 Yahoo group that I have subscribed to.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=42879/*http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindwindows
8


Good luck. 

Julie Adkins




-----Original Message-----
From: Trainer-talk [mailto:trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Bonnie Lucas
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 6:05 PM
To: trainer-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Trainer-talk] Teaching Windows 8

Just curious to know if many of you have begun teaching Windows 8. If so,
are you running it without JAWS or with JAWS. I currently have a list of
keyboard commands and last week I played with it for a couple of hours. The
hardest thing I had to do was to turn off the silly computer at the end. I
never was able to quite figure it out and had to ask for sighted assistance.
The person I asked had almost as much trouble with that simple thing.
Because it is out and being sold, our thought here is that VR will begin
buying them simply because it is likely to be cheaper so it is probably
important for me to get it down soon. Any tips or tricks would be
appreciated.

I have the keystrokes from Denise's website but that is it.

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