Hi Eleanor and All,
Not Dominique here! Microsoft say, in a post in their Accessibility Blog, that
the free upgrade to Windows 10 will continue to be available for screen-reader
users past July 29, as the Edge browser is not (and won’t yet be) accessible.
There was no word there on how long this extension would last. Also, they’d
have to be sure that you were a bona fide screen reader user, and nothing was
indicated about how this would be ascertained. There are as yet no indications
that Edge will be accessible with JAWS18; but (as the American blindness
conventions season gets underway, and with Sight Village coming on) we should
find out within the coming weeks if there is any news on that.
From: Eleanor Martha Burke
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2016 9:06 PM
To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vip_students] Re: Microsoft News
what you don't say in this post Dominique is hard this new upgrade is going to
affect screen readers.four example world J a WS 18 work with
On 29 Jun 2016, at 19:34, Dominique Farrell <hollyandopal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Microsoft's making a big Windows 10 update change and it might make some
critics very happy
Microsoft's Windows 10 has received a wide range of praise from the tech
community for being a reliable and well thought-out operating system. But some
people aren't happy with just how pushy it's become.
In an apparent move to accelerate the stream of users graduating to Windows
10, Microsoft recently changed the way it asked users if they wanted to
upgrade. Previously it gave the Windows 10 update 'recommended' status,
normally reserved for critical security updates.
When prompted to update to Windows 10 users clicked the red 'X', you could
escape the clutches of the update. But the process would automatically be
scheduled for a later time.
Microsoft has admitted that the function was confusing, though, and is now
looking to change the way users can upgrade.
"The new experience has clearer options to upgrade now – choose a time, or
decline the free offer," said Terry Myerson, executive vice president, Windows
and Devices Group, told the BBC.
"If the red X is selected on this new dialog, it will dismiss the dialog box
and we will notify the device again in a few days."
Microsoft's continuing to offer customers free upgrades to Windows 10 before
July 29.
Windows 10 is now a recommended update and will install automatically on some
PCs
Microsoft has started pushing Windows 10 harder than ever as the latest
operating system is now a recommended update for your PC.
This means that the upgrade will begin installing automatically on some
machines, those with 'install updates automatically' activated.
However, Microsoft has assured users that they can easily cancel the
installation process and even scale back to their previous OS within a month if
they do accept the download.
Microsoft did give users fair warning that Windows 10 would eventually become
a recommended update, as ZDNet points out.
"We are committed to making it easy for our Windows 7 and Windows 8.1
customers to upgrade to Windows 10," said Microsoft in a blog post.
"We updated the upgrade experience today to help our customers, who
previously reserved their upgrade, schedule a time for their upgrade to take
place."
Windows 10, which has reached more than 200 million users since its launch
last summer, is available as a free update for Windows 7 and 8 - as long as you
accept the offer by July 29, 2016
