I believe Windows 8 is supposed to ship next August or at least I
read that somewhere and I believe GW-Micro has been credited with having
compatibility with new versions of Windows out before competition
traditionally? They have several months yet to get it ironed out so I'm
sure there's no need to worry.
Cory
On 02/03/2012 2:23 PM, David wrote:
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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