Window-Eyes 8.0: New Features Webinar Recording Now Available for Download!Hi
Rick,
I found this and it is the Visual Basic 2008 and loaded it last night but
have not tried it yet.
Bruce
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=6506
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: Visual Basic 2010
Hi Bruce: You can get through it if you can use vb.net 2008 which is almost
identical to 2010.
The language and pretty much all the controls (windows controls) are
identical.
WindowEyes works well with the IDE once you set it up for accessibility and
it doesnt need any scripts.
Those things that are a bit tricky I have found work-arounds for and can help
you there as well as with your projects, cant do them but can help with
tutoring if you want.
I use vb.net 2008 all the time with WindowEyes and can do pretty much
everything except muck with WPF stuff which I dont think is very accessible.
I also have not worked with the Debugger, if you learn it you can teach me,
but I think it is accessible, at least I hear JAWS users talk about using it
off and on.
If your instructor will let you work around any inaccessible features or
designs I think you have the background to excel in vb.net since it is so
similar to vbs and you already know logic design.
If you drop the course you can take your time learning the IDE and that would
help you get a better grade perhaps. In either case I will help you set up
vb.net for accessibility and tutor you if you want.
That said, I am not sure where to get that version of vb.net express anymore
but can check it out if your instructor gives you approval.
Otherwise 2010 is accessible enough so long as hyou dont use the designer and
if absolutely necessary NVDA will work to do something there and then you can
switch back to WindowEyes but you can try and avoid the Designer in many ways.
Let me know if you can use 2008 or if you have to use 2010 in the class and I
will see what is available.
Rick USA
