Apparently.
Near the end of the presenation, Jeremy said, that when Windows8 comes out,
GW hope to have a version of WE on the market that will handle it. Whether -
he said - this will be WE8, or some kind of WE7, he did not know. Well, that
at least, is how I got the message he gave. I do agree with one of the other
feedbackers, it was not very clear sound from the presenter, and I do hope
for a better sound in future recordings.
But as I got it, GW does not even promise WE8 on the market, the day
Windows8 is out. Who knows when Windows8 is out, and who knows when WE8 is
out. Browse mode rewrite has been told to come in WE8, so let's just hold
our breath. :)
Personally, I have to say, the new interface of Windows8 sounded rather
obscuure. Then again, I still linger with my XP machines, and am glad there
still is two more years, before I have to finalize that Operating System. By
then, who knows which version of Windows will be around. So far, my machine
has outlived both Vista and Windows7, so at least, I will only have to take
one big plunge, the day I am forced to do the change. By then, likely GW
will have a better and more functional version out as well. One thing I did
notice in the presentation, and which is rather anoying already in the
version of WE that is out as per now, is the repetition of information. In
the presentation, I think it was when Jeremy tried to go to the PC Settings.
The speech kept repeating the term "PC Settings" three times or so.
Honestly, WE is the only screen reader I have been in touch with up through
the years, that insists on repeating terms over and over again. And the more
responsive the software gets, the more verbose and repetitive. I really
would have loved to see, now that GW is working on a more in-depth new
version, that they finally could have the speech stop repeating itself.
There is really no need for it at all, and since other screen readers have
managed to overcome such an ear-picking anoyance several years ago, I wish
WE could come to be on the same level; finally. I guess they could hook on
to the last spoken phrase, and then hook on to the upcoming one, and if they
were the same, simply cancel the upcoming one. Don't tell me it's
impossible, as I said, I have been in touch with several screen readers, and
the others don't repeat themselves to the extremity. NVDA, is enough for one
example here.
An interesting presentation, and although it did not convince me to make any
switch at the moment, it still gave a peek into what is round the corner.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Huber" <[email protected]>
To: "gw-scripting" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: Window-Eyes and Windows 8 Presentation
Hi Aaron:
Thanks for that presentation. It was verry interesting and informative.
Does this mean that Window-eyes version 8 will not come out until
Windows 8 is on the market?
Kevin Huber
On 3/2/12, Aaron Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
Greetings,
If you're interested, we've posted a recording of the Window-Eyes and
Windows 8 CSUN 2012 presentation on our podcast page:
http://www.gwmicro.com/podcast
Thanks,
Aaron
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