Hi, I think it depends on how comfortable you are with tech will depend on whether you need sight to update to windows ten. Last night I updated my Lenovo Laptop running Windows 8.1 to windows 10 without sight with no difficulties. I had one moment of hesitation when it brought up a screen after a reboot and did not speak. I thought I wonder what it is doing now and I wonder if it is safe to use narrator. So I whipped out my iPhone and my KNFB reader in a totally dark room and it read the screen to me. And from the contents of the screen I knew it was safe to use narrator to get me to the log in screen at which point jaws kicked in. I was already running the latest version of jaws. Once that happened I could exit narrator and log in.
I should also add that I was running on about two hours of sleep at the time and was barely functioning myself at the time. Tonight I activated Cortana and configured the default browser and everything is running very well with jaws 16, magic 13 which I do occasionally use but did not use last night, and windows 10. Hope that helps. Merv -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Jason Tomlinson Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 10:06 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] question about jaws and windows 10 jaws works quite well with win10 and yes it will upgrade straight from windows8 and you shouldn't need any sighted assistance but it is helpful Jason On 7/30/2015 20:58, Johna Lynn Nordin wrote: > Hello, > > I'm wondering if this install is something I can do on my own without > sighted assistance? Does it automatically install over the current > windows version? I have windows 8.1. I have jaws 16. Does windows > 10 work with jaws 16 or should I wait until I get 17? > > Thanks in advance for any answers you can give. > > Johna > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
