Hi, If you already have a working version of windows then you can perform what ever type of install you wish. If you do a upgraid from 7 to 8 then what ever screen reader you set to start when windows starts will start when windows asks for more information will come up and start speaking. If you decide to do a clean install then you can start narrator with windows enter when it is asking for more information. Unles you have a system that is not working as it should I would do a upgraid. This saves you the trouble of having to reinstall all of your desktop programs. The upgraid I performed here works just fine. See my other note on this subject. Hth
-----Original Message----- From: James Mannion [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 7:05 PM To: Jim Grimsby JR. Cc: net bat; [email protected] Subject: Re: Installing Windows 8 and Window-Eyes Hi everyone, I would like to confirm what it sounds like from this thread and that is that it is possible to do whatever type of install you wish (upgrade or clean install) of Windows 8 with speech and no site required and without having to jump through the crazy hoops of creating a script and then saying a prayer that the script actually works aftger the painful process of creating the thing to start with? It would be really interesting to know the details on what steps are required to do the install with speech. What do you press at what point in the process to get NVDA going for the install? On 11/21/12, Jim Grimsby JR. <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > Well a clean install removes all desktop programs any way so that kind > of goes with out saying. I was speaking of the steps to perform a upgraid. > Sorry if I was not clear on that. > > -----Original Message----- > From: net bat [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 6:02 PM > To: Jim Grimsby JR. > Subject: Re: Installing Windows 8 and Window-Eyes > > if doing a clean install you do not have to uninstall window eyes. it > will be gone anyway after windows 8 has been installed. > if a sound card driver was found you will be able to turn narrator on > with windows enter when it gets to the screen where you have to create > your windows account about 40 minutes later. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Grimsby JR. > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 5:54 PM > To: 'Vaughan Dodd' > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Installing Windows 8 and Window-Eyes > > > > Hi, > > Well I was able to use the windows upgraid advicer. I performed a > upgraid from windows 7 to 8. You can do a clean install. The setup > program gave me > > my key witch I was able to copy to a text file. I also got a key in e-mail. > > No sighted helped needed at all. > > I would remove window-eyes from the system before performing the > upgraid narrator or nvda will be able to get you threw the setup with no problem. > I myself used nvda for this. Once I got the upgraid working no > sighted help > > needed again. I reinstalled the screen readers that use windows > access display drivers. I would also remove jaws if you have it installed. > Reinstall it after you perform the upgraid. > > Other then that everything was straight forward. > > The reason I used nvda verces window-eyes is this. > > If you have it installed you will need to run the windows 8 beta file > from where ever. Update window-eyes and then remove it again and reinstall it. > Far easyer to remove it. Install windows 8 with nvda and then reinstall it. > > Jaws is more complex. If you have it installed when you do the > upgraid you > > will find your self going threw a 10 step process to get it working > with windows 8 app store apps. So you really don't want that beast on > board when > > you do the upgraid. > > Hth > > > > > > > > From: Vaughan Dodd [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 3:13 PM > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: Installing Windows 8 and Window-Eyes > > > > > > Hello everyone. > > > > Encouraged by the positive comments I have been reading regarding > Windows 8, > > I am convinced that I should take the plunge. > > > > Help appreciated please? > > > > I have two machines running Windows 7 Professional. The machine to > get Windows 8 is a Toshiba Laptop, with relatively little data on it > so if it crashes - inconvenient rather than disastrous. > > > > I understand that I will need sighted assistance to get the Windows 8 > activation codes, and the plan is to probably run a clean install > rather than upgrade. > > > > I can get the store's sales staff to provide me with all the serial > numbers > > etc., but can Windows 8 install be made to talk if it identifies that > Window-eyes is running. Once the system reboot occurs, how will I get > Narrator to run? > > > > I did ask several weeks ago if there were any issues relating to > braille display drivers, and the responses were inconclusive. I have > a Hims Braille > > Edge and the Focus Blue from Freedom Scientific. I might also load > the U2 as a Braille display. > > > > > > I expect that the Windows 8 version of Window-eyes 8 beta will install > off a > > cd created from the file off the web in the tried and true way of all > previous Window-Eyes installs as supplied by Gw Micro. > > > > > > Appreciate the advice of all of those who have already done this. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Vaughan. > > > > > > ------------------------------- This email and any attachments may > contain information that is confidential and subject to legal > privilege. If you are > > not the intended recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution or > duplication of this email and attachments is prohibited. If you have > received this email in error please notify the author immediately and > erase > > all copies of the email and attachments. 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