arg, no not at all the blind have been in on the development of windows 8 most of the way along and able to make suggestions to them about it.
yes, windows 8 has an extensive amount of touch screen usability, but it also has a good keyboard input. Microsoft was trying to get one program, all devices worked out, and it will work, if folks will start employing it more extensively. windows 8 works perfectly well with jaws 14, there is a whole yahoo group of us running testing and/or making notes on the OS. they took out the start menu, and replaced it with some other access method, but you can still bring up the list in its minimum, and there is a free application that will put the basic windows classic start menu back in windows 8. hope that covers it all well enough, inthane -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Marilyn Walker Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 5:55 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Cost of upgrading jaws? Flor. what's the difference between windows 7 and 8? Someone told me that 8 is a touch screen system? Is this true? Are vision impaired computer users being forced out of keyboard navigation eventually or what? Thanks for any info. Marilyn ps I'm still using xp and hate to see it go. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Flor Lynch" <florl...@iol.ie> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 6:48 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Cost of upgrading jaws? : Hi Scott, : : On both counts: No. You can have Windows7 Home Edition (32-bit or : 64-bit). All you'd need to do for the 64-bit Home edition would be to : download the 64-bit Standard edition of JAWS from the FS Web site. : : However, Windows8 is now almost universally on sale. You'd probably need : to go online to buy Windows7. And, for Windows8, you will need JAWS14. : (Again, Standard JAWS edition for Windows Home Edition.).) : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Scott Meyer" <scottt.me...@verizon.net> : To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> : Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 11:24 PM : Subject: [JAWS-Users] Cost of upgrading jaws? : : : > Hi; : > I have jaws 12 home edition. my XP computer is starting to act up. : > would I have to upgrade to the professional version to use windows 7? : > if so what is the cost of that and would I also have to upgrade to : > Jaws 14 ? What would be the cost of that? : > Thanks : > scott : > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ : > : : : For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
