FS says that only the current release of JAWS 16 works with Windows 10. MS is making Win10 upgrades free for a year. It's a pity that FS doesn't have the resources to make a similar offer for a Win10-compatible version of JAWS.
-----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of stintonjoe--- via Jfw Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2015 11:41 AM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: What do I gain with Windows 10 as a blind person? well I haven't upgraded myself and the main reason for that is my version with jaws came out when windows 7 came out and I don't even know if it will even work with newer versions of windows, although I haven't looked in to it!! and I am in no position to pay for a upgrade yet. so any way i will stick wiht windows 7 and jaws 12.0 for now. and will look in to upgrading when I am forced to do so, and at this moment I am not even sure I will stay with windos any way. well just my thoughts for what iss worth cheers Joe cheers Joe -----Original Message----- From: Kimsan via Jfw Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2015 4:09 AM To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' Cc: Kimsan Subject: RE: What do I gain with Windows 10 as a blind person? Sounds to me, as if it is personal preference and we have some on one side of the tracks who likes to have the latest updates, other reasons could be the OS will only be supported for a certain period of time, which we have like 5 years for windows 7. I'm not speaking for others, so nobody attack me, I just upgraded to see what the big woop was. Personally, you made some good points. -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brad Martin via Jfw Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2015 7:04 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. <[email protected]> Cc: Brad Martin <[email protected]> Subject: What do I gain with Windows 10 as a blind person? Hi, I've been following all this Windows 10 stuff with great interest, and I just have a question (with a lot of background first): So FS says you shouldn't use Edge, you should use Firefox or IE. (I'm doing that now in Windows 7.) You can't use the built in mail program; you should use something like Thunderbird or Outlook. (I'm doing that now in Windows 7.) And you should use Adobe Reader for PDF documents. (I'm doing that now in Windows 7.) Reviews I've read all seem to indicate that Cortana is iffy at best. So why should I upgrade again? I'm not being smart; I'd really like to know if I'm going to gain anything other than having a new operating system that I have to use in the same old ways. The only benefit I can see is that Windows 10 will be supported beyond January of 2020, where Windows 7 will not. Am I overlooking some wonderful new feature that should cause me to want to hurry and upgrade? Or does the old saying, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," apply here? I'd really honestly like to know if JAWS users in particular are finding anything beneficial in the upgrade, or if it's just something fun to do to your functioning computer to see if it will still function. P.S. Anybody on this list from Louisiana and thinking Cortana, as in mall? -- Brad Martin [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> My Facebook page where I post online shopping coupons and deals: facebook.com/ucoupons <http://www.facebook.com/ucoupons> My SmarterBucks signup link <http://bit.ly/1w5FCPu> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/201508 08/8183d0e8/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
