[Trainer-Talk] Windows 10 Creators Update/Next Phone Meeting/Philadelphia Computer Users Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired

[David Goldfield]

I'm posting the following announcement to this list as I welcome any 
input from interested visually impaired trainers who have begun working 
with the Windows 10 Creators Update.


On April 11, Microsoft released the next major update to Windows 10, 
which they have named the Creators Update. It actually became available 
earlier by April 5, for those brave and impatient souls who felt they 
couldn't wait until April 11 to install it. I suppose I was one of those 
impatient souls because, on April 8, I took the plunge and installed the 
update using Microsoft's Update Assistant Tool. I ran into some 
interesting hiccups, most of which are now solved and I am now using the 
Creators Update with NVDA with no real issues.
A lot has changed in this new update. While the update offers many 
welcome changes across the board, one of the biggest improvements which 
may be of interest to many visually impaired users are the additions to 
Narrator, which is starting to become a rather nice screen reader. It 
even offers some Braille support and allows you to fully install Windows 
without losing speech feedback.
You may be one of those who have already installed the Creators Update 
and may have some questions, comments or advice for the rest of us. Some 
of you may be considering moving to Creators and might have some 
questions before pressing the enter key on the button to begin the 
upgrade. Perhaps you're still running an older version of Windows and 
are wondering if moving to this latest version is worth doing.
Whether you're using Creators, are thinking about using it or are just 
interested in what it can do and how it's different from what you're 
currently working with we'd love to hear from you. The Windows 10 
Creators' Update will be the topic for the next phone meeting of the 
Philadelphia Computer Users Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired. 
While this group was initially formed to provide support to consumers 
living in or near the Philly area, all are welcome to call in. If you 
don't feel that you have any questions or comments you're welcome to 
call in and just listen in and soak up the information.

Date: Friday, April 28
Time: 8:00 PM

(approximately 2 hours)

To participate, the number to call is

(712) 432-3900

When prompted to enter an access code, enter
391477
followed by the pound key.


I look forward to hearing from you.


-- 
David Goldfield, Assistive Technology Specialist Feel free to visit my 
Web site WWW.DavidGoldfield.Info