[gui-talk] Windows 8 On-Screen Keyboard

[evelyn weckerly]

Hi, Curtis,

Under the circumstances, would you advise those of us using XP to 
obtain Windows 7 while we can still get it? I absolutely do not 
want to buy a new desktop and new laptop at this time.  EVELYN

still

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From: "Curtis Chong" <curtischong at earthlink.net
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Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Windows 8 On-Screen Keyboard

Greetings:

One is tempted to ponder the effect this interesting design will 
have on the
nonvisual user.  If Microsoft were to conduct as much research 
and put as
much thought into the nonvisual ways a touch screen keyboard is 
to be used,
then we, the blind, would really be moving forward in this area.  
Alas, my
expectations here are not so high<sigh>.

Cordially,

Curtis Chong



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Subject: [gui-talk] Windows 8 On-Screen Keyboard

The "Building Windows 8" blog from Microsoft continues to serve 
up
interesting information, and a heads-up for what we may be 
dealing with in
future versions of Windows.  The July 17 installment at

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/07/17/designing-the-windo
ws-8-touch-
keyboard.aspx
describes the research and decisions that went into Microsoft's
implementation of the on-screen keyboard for Windows 8 apps 
running in the
Metro mode on a touch screen.  How this will work with Narrator, 
JAWS or
Window-Eyes is anybody's guess, but it's interesting reading, 
anyway.

Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Project Engineer
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress   202-707-0535
http://www.loc.gov/nls
The preceding opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect 
those of
the Library of Congress, NLS.



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