Hi Shaun,

I wouldn't worry too much about Windows 10 accessibility.
Accessibility on Windows has been improving with each release, and the
version of Narrator that comes with Windows 8.1 is a huge improvement
over that of the version that comes with Windows 7 and earlier. I
expect to see Narrator has improved in Windows 10 plus Jaws and NVDA
will certainly be available as well.

However, as to running PC games on your mobile phone that won't happen
unless they are written in one of the .NET languages. The reason has
to do with major differences in hardware such as CPU. When a Windows
application written in say C++ is compiled it is specifically compiled
for a specific processor type such as Intel or AMD. If you happen to
have a Windows phone using an Arm processor that program isn't going
to run because it is the wrong type of CPU. Unfortunately, all the
games written in visual Basic 6 are going to have this specific issue
since they are all compiled for the Intel family of processors.

Another issue with PC games is they probably accept keyboard input and
nothing but keyboard input. Naturally all modern smartphones use
touchscreens which is a totally different interface. If there is no
space key to fire and arrow key to move the game isn't going to know
what to do with your touchscreen requiring a keyboard to be plugged
into your phone. It would be better for the games input handling to be
rewritten for the phone rather than someone grabbing a game meant for
a desktop/laptop and expecting it to work on a Windows smartphone.

Bottom line, if you think you can buy a Windows phone and start
running all your favorite games on it you got another thing coming.
Games can be ported to the phone, but not without a bit of time and
work.

Cheers!


On 10/22/14, shaun everiss <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well I got mine from a shop but even so win7 is still for me, now if
> 10 becomes as good as it is, and if its phone accessability is
> as  good then I may use that, especially if it can run programs mad
> for pcs which it may who knows.
> it would be good if win 10 was accessable so I could run games on my
> mobile device for it.

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