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Betsy Ross

(3,147 posts)
Fri Aug 2, 2013, 07:00 PM Aug 2013

Thanks Microsoft.

I am assisting a friend get her new laptop up and running with her email, wi-fi, etc. My friend has been using Windows XP for seven years and now must cope with Window 8. Nice, graphical user interface. Great, but she is blind and must learn new
To get Wi-Fi at home, her ISP had to ugrade her service, which made her old email account unavailable. We all know how complicated this stuff can be, imaging doing it blind.
We did get JAWS working under Windows 8, but I was worn out by then.
Why not a simplified interface for those who want one?

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Thanks Microsoft. (Original Post) Betsy Ross Aug 2013 OP
win8 actually has some pretty good features for access Warren Stupidity Aug 2013 #1
Thanks I'll suggest this to my friend Betsy Ross Aug 2013 #2
 

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)
1. win8 actually has some pretty good features for access
Fri Aug 2, 2013, 08:47 PM
Aug 2013

including an audio assist "narrator". Goto the "ease of access center" in the control panel and enable narrator.

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