The talking environment download is no longer available. But in any event, it’s out of date. It is now possible to install Windows 10 using speech and/or Braille, so I have read on the Microsoft Accessibility Blog. However, I have not yet found out how.
======================================== My complements and kindest regards Gordon Smith: <gor...@mac-access.net> Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist.. Contact: • UK Geographic – +44(0) 1642 688095 • UKFree Phone – 0800 8620538 • UK Mobile – +44 (0) 7907 823971 • Australia Geographic – +61 38 82059300 • US Geographic – +1 646 9151493Mobile/S ---------------------------------------- On 24 May 2017, at 19:18, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> wrote: Perhaps this page will be helpful? I don’t know how old it is, its something I stumbled across thanks to google. http://vips-guide.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/installing-windows-without-sight.html > On 25 May 2017, at 2:21 am, Gordon Smith <gor...@mac-access.net> wrote: > > I’m very keen to know more about installing Windows without sighted > assistance. Does anybody know where I can learn more? This has traditionally > been a problematic experience for many, as sound drivers were not included in > the Windows operating system installation applications. Probably because > traditionally there has always been a very great variety of hardware, all > requiring different driver techniques which made it impossible for Microsoft > to include them all. But now, I think that Microsoft, like Apple, has > standardised the way specific hardware is driven. This is, if true, a very > very big step forwards, especially if that installation includes Braille and > speech, as the referenced Blog would seem to imply. > > Anyway, more info about this would be great. I will Google it, and see what > comes back. > > ======================================== > > My compliments and kindest regards > Gordon Smith: > <gor...@mac-access.net> > > Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist.. > > Contact: > > • UK Geographic – +44(0) 1642 688095 > • UKFree Phone – 0800 8620538 > • UK Mobile – +44 (0) 7907 823971 > > • Australia Geographic – +61 38 82059300 > • US Geographic – +1 646 9151493Mobile/SMS: > > ——————————————— > > > > On 20 May 2017, at 03:39, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> wrote: > > Make of this what you will. > https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/accessibility/2017/05/18/windows-accessibility-what-to-expect-later-this-year/ > > -- > > ********** > "Live each day as if you were goiing to die tomorrow, learn each day as if > you were going to live forever" > > > > ********** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits in this world behind.
