[gui-talk] Windows 8 On-Screen Keyboard

[Evelyn Weckerly]

Hi, Andy,

No, I don't plan to get another computer any time soon. My desktop is 
not quite two years old. My laptop is older but has plenty of muscle.

Evelyn

At 12:49 PM 7/20/2012, you wrote:
>Not Curtis, but I would say that if you plan to get a new PC in the next
>few months, or even the next year, you should get a Win 7 machine while
>you can.  I am confident that in time, Win 8 will be accessible, just as
>Win 7 is, but I think that it will take some time. Also, this decision
>will depend on how much of a learning curve you want to deal with.  The
>learning curve between XP and 7 isn't that steep, and there are many
>great sources of free materials to help you handle the transition.
>
>Andy
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>On Behalf Of evelyn weckerly
>Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 7:25 PM
>To: Discussion of the Graphical User Interface,GUI Talk Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Windows 8 On-Screen Keyboard
>
>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
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Curtis Chong" <curtischong at earthlink.net
>To: "'Discussion of the Graphical User Interface,GUI Talk Mailing List'"
><gui-talk at nfbnet.org>, "'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'"
><nfbcs at nfbnet.org>,<program-l at freelists.org
>Date sent: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:53:01 -0500
>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
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of Rasmussen, Lloyd
>Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 9:37 AM
>To: Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List;
>NFB in Computer Science Mailing List; program-l at freelists.org
>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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