Hi, blind geek zone Armando someone or other did the podcast, hope
it may help you.
On 26/12/2014 17:03, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona wrote:
can I get a link to the podcast?
Hank
On 12/26/2014 5:49 AM, Kevin Cussick wrote:
Hi, that seems to be the way to go use a usb headset it seems to work.
I have not tried this but have a podcast and the chap managed to get
it working. disclaimer, it may work or may not work for some try
at your own risk. I am sure 32 bit will run OK even if it is
window's7 just take the stick out and put the next stick in with the
window's8.1 OS on it run setup.exe and listen to the prompts. you
will need to download the drivers needed for your sound and so on but
within boot camp you do get this choice when installing. I am not 100%
sure about all the steps but I am going buy memory after listening to
the podcast I heard hope this might help you I plan to install
window's on 3 macs early in the new year let you know how I go.
On 25/12/2014 22:16, Grant Hardy wrote:
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
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