Windows8 is still only in beta. it has not yet been officially released. and the main screen-readers do not support it yet.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 10:48 AM Subject: [vip_students] Re: Preview of Narrator in Windows 8Forgive my ignorance but is Microsoft moving on from Windows 7? In that event can we upgrade from Windows 7?
-original message- Subject: [vip_students] Preview of Narrator in Windows 8
From: "Aedan O'Meara" <aedanomeara@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 25/09/2011 10:33 am Hi all, I came on this on the Access-uk list:Some of you might be interested in a preview of Narrator in Windows 8 due
out some time later. The link to this demo is http://mark.candleshoreblog.com/2011/09/23/ep100-a-demonstration-of-windows- 8-developer-preview-accessibility/ <http://mark.candleshoreblog.com/2011/09/23/ep100-a-demonstration-of-windows -8-developer-preview-accessibility/>The quality of the voice is excellent and functionality is greatly improved.
As someone on the access-uk list commented: i wonder how long it will bebefore the commercial screen reader providers will take to object to this!
Kind regards Aedan.
