Richard, As mentioned, there are a couple screens that come up that do not have Window-Eyes running. These couple screens will require you to run Narrator. But all other places the upgrade process will allow Window-Eyes to run and be used.
Doug On 7/27/2015 12:57 PM, Kurlander Richard (750000) wrote: > So if I understand right when I put 9.2 on my windows 8.1 machine I can > install windows 10 using windoweyes and it will talk or do I have to use > narrator? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Talk > [mailto:talk-bounces+rkurlan=schools.nyc....@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf > Of Doug Geoffray via Talk > Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 12:39 PM > To: talk@lists.window-eyes.com > Subject: Re: installing Windows 10 > > Don, > > There are four scenarios when it comes to Windows 10 and Window-Eyes. > Let me address each. > > 1) You get a new computer and it already has Windows 10 installed > > You must have the full Window-Eyes 9.2 installer. Windows 10 will block > the installation of any version less than 9.2. > > 2) You manually install Windows 10 on a system > > Windows 10 is no different than any other operating system at this > point. Window-Eyes itself can not be installed until Windows 10 itself > is fully installed so you would need to use Windows Narrator to help you > with the Windows 10 installation. Windows Narrator can be launched with > Windows-Enter. > > 3) You are upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10 > > You must have Window-Eyes 9.2 installed on your Windows 7 system before > the Windows 10 upgrade will allow you to continue. I have not seen the > final Windows 10 upgrade which will start being pushed out on Wednesday > so I can't say specifically what will happen but on the internal builds > I've been testing I've seen the following. I had Windows 9.2 installed > and running on my Windows 7 system when I started the Windows 10 > upgrade. Everything was working well and speaking perfectly. However, > there are eventually two back to back screens which have Window-Eyes > unloaded and require you to launch Narrator. After those two screens > the upgrade will continue and Window-Eyes will eventually launch and be > working under Windows 10. > > However, under Windows 7 only there is a problem with the Window-Eyes > accessibility driver. The issue is Windows 7 requires a mirror driver > which Window-Eyes has. But after the upgrade, Windows 10 does not > support mirror drivers so it blocks them leaving Window-Eyes without the > driver causing there to be no off screen model. In most cases you don't > even need an off screen model but it is still important to resolve > this. The easiest way to resolve this is to simply run your Window-Eyes > 9.2 upgrade on itself under Windows 10. So after Window 10 has been > installed just download your Window-Eyes 9.2 upgrade and run it. This > will install the necessary accessibility driver causing you to have a > full 9.2 working copy under Windows 10. > > 4) You are upgrading from Windows 8.x to Windows 10 > > You must have Window-eyes 9.2 installed on your Windows 8 system before > the Windows 10 upgrade will allow you to continue. Like Windows 7 there > are a couple screens that come up without Window-Eyes running so you > will need Narrator. After that Window-Eyes will come up and your > Windows 10 will be running perfectly with Window-Eyes 9.2. There is > nothing extra you need to do. Windows 8 and Windows 10 both use an > accessibility driver, not a mirror driver, so life is good after the > upgrade. > > Regarding how Microsoft is going to upgrading a billion devices to > Windows 10, there is an interesting blog post you may find interesting: > > http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/07/02/windows-10-preparing-to-upgrade-one-billion-devices/ > > Regards, > Doug > > On 7/27/2015 10:44 AM, Don H via Talk wrote: >> When Windows 10 becomes available can it be installed without sighted >> help? Will WE 9.2 have to be reinstalled after installing Win 10? >> Thanks >> _______________________________________________ >> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the >> author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >> >> For membership options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/dgeoffray%40aisquared.com. >> For subscription options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> List archives can be found at >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/rkurlan%40schools.nyc.gov. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. 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