Hi Eileen, I suspect you would find it very difficult to install Windows 8.1 by reviewing each screen with the KNFB Reader, though I’ll be the first to admit, I haven’t tried to do so myself.
However, when I initially installed Windows 8.1 on my Macbook Pro with sighted help, I was told that the text was printed in extremely small font and only occupied a small portion of the display. I assume this is because of a lack of drivers that are present during installation. The result was that even my sighted help found it difficult to review the screen. So, I would bet you that an OCR package would have trouble, too. Then there is the fact that you would have to press a considerable amount of keystrokes without error and without any audio feedback, which would be very disconcerting and could lead to problems if something didn’t go as expected. Which talking installer are you referring to? Is it from the Win8PE project? If so, you should easily be able to build an installer for 64-BIT machines. The only trouble is that getting audio to work on a Mac would be tricky as the drivers are not present. I’ve heard that others have had success with connecting USB sound devices, so if you have a USB headset or sound card around that uses generic Windows drivers, that might be a possible option. But you might just want to grab some sighted help if available, because while I know that isn’t ideal, it will probably be the easiest solution. Grant On Dec 25, 2014, at 7:59 AM, Eileen Misrahi <[email protected]> wrote: Hello List, I'm always trying to think how I can accomplish this task of installing Win 8.1 through BootCamp without sighted assistance. I do have KNFB Reader installed on my iPhone6, running 8.1. I know that you can get KNFB Reader to read a monitor screen fairly successfully. So, my question is: Has anyone been successful in getting Win 8.1 on their MacBook Air or Pro using this method? I reviewed the Talking Installer to accomplish this, but the utility is only for 32 bit machines, which makes me OOL. Also, I would like to know if there are any keyboard shortcuts that would activate a command for lets say the option button to reformat the bootcamp drive on the Windows side? I am well-verse in the process of performing the set up on my MacBook Air, so I don't need instructions on this. I do apologize if this is slightly off topic, but it does use the Mac, with another iDevice. Thanks in advance. Kind regards, Eileen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
