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

[RJ Sandefur]

Jim, I did speak with the microsoft accessability specialist, and they told 
me that windows ten preview is not accessability friendly with a 
screenreader. We should be able to use windows preview, in order to assist 
microft as far as accessability goes.  Second, People can go to: 
www.windows.com and sign up for windows insider, so they will be able to 
test windows ten preview, and make comments and suggestions on how microsoft 
can inprove the product as we move closer to the actual lonch date. I feel 
we as blind people should be putting microsofts feet to the fire as far as 
accessability goes! Third, with windows ten will allow you to use cortona on 
your PC. Freedom scientific should see if this will work well with jaws for 
windows. RJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Ellsworth via Nfbf-l" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
To: "'Alan Dicey'" <adicey at bellsouth.net>; "'NFB of Florida Internet Mailing 
List'" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2015 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Jaws and Windows10 - Microsoft will be 
supportingWindows7 for at least ten years


> 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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