the new interface is just fine, once your used to it. there are no accessibility problems. and yes, there are screen readers working on touch. nvda is now close to being able to bring out touch support, hopefully in the next version. it works very well, and offers quite a lot of accessibility. and in fact, in some ways, is going to offer access to windows such as we have never known. agreed, narator, is stil not up to par with other built in readers that we have seen. but it is a very, very different program then it used to be. far more able to be used then anything windows has had yet. and its command structure and use feels a lot like voiceover. as for gaming, i dout that we would use much in the new interface for gaming, most games would be still standard desktop apps, and will work just as they ever have. how ever, for the few games that would perhaps work on there, i think it could be quite interesting, and very fun to have games in the windows store you can download and use. not to sure how they would work yet, as the games that are there aren't that usable. but it would certainly be very interesting to see just how powerfull the platform could be for basic games. could be very accessible, if done right, i think.
dallas On 24/08/2012, Pitermach <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
