Hi Tom,
I do agree about the start screen and partially agree about metro/modern
UI as it's now called because microsoft had to change its name, however
I do like some of the new windows 8 features. Narrator works very well
with Metro apps since it's implying a Mac OS style of navigation, and
nvda isn't quite there yet. On a tablet Narrator offers full touchscreen
access which is very similar to iOS.
As far as the windows store, apps have an accessibility rating that gets
displayed if you have a screen reader running. Developers can mark that
their apps have been tested again screen readers and it will be indicated.
As far as games, the xBox live app is just awesome. You can do things
you'd expect with your account like order games to your xBox, or even
control it, view your achievments and so on, and you get the same kind
of access to Windows games as well, which is really cool. Lastly, if
you're one of those people who doesn't like the start screen, you can
get classic shell which can restore your usual start menu, and it works
great with Screen Readers. Not to mention the other smaller things like
UIA being a lot quicker and moer stable and the new voices, if you get
passed the annoying start screen Windows 8 is great.
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