If you don't have speech, you are sort of stuck. VMWare can do some configuration, but I installed it once and had to just press enter, and another time it prompted for a whole bunch of settings. Both were Windows 7, both on virtual machines. Once you are up and running, you can launch Narrator and use that to get a real screen reader installed, though the process is horribly tedious. I find it much simpler to just have a sighted person click through everything, then grab NVDA from www.nvda-project.org and install it. Once I have that, I'm all set, but up to that point it is much easier and error-free to have sighted help.
-- Have a great day, Alex mehg...@gmail.com On Feb 11, 2014, at 6:11 PM, don bishop <w6...@donbishop.org> wrote: > Alex, > I thought you could install windows itself without sighted help. Of course, > you'd need help with installing speech unless you're familiar with the > keystrokes to get your speech going. > Isn't this how it works? Thinking of doing it here. > Thanks, > Don > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 2:41 pm > Subject: Re: Installing windows 7 home premium into vm fision from an iso > >> >> >> You will need sighted help. Voiceover can handle installations of mac >> operating systems or updates just fine, but creating a VM is essentially >> installing Windows, albeit on a virtual disk instead of a physical one. So, >> Voiceover cannot see anything Windows does because Windows is its own >> operating system, and so you will not be able to get speech feedback >> (thanks, Microsoft). >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex >> mehg...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> On Feb 11, 2014, at 5:31 PM, Shannon Gerdts <bambam...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> Wow that's really nice. Now with both of us being blind would we still >>> need sighted assistance during the install process or would voiceover work >>> to tell us what's going on during this installation? >>> >>> Take care, >>> Shannon Gerdts >>> >>> From: Alex Hall >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 4:07 PM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Installing windows 7 home premium into vm fision from an iso >>> >>> I did that recently, and it's really simple. You create a new VM, choose to >>> install from existing file or CD, then navigate to the iso when you are >>> prompted to open the location of the Windows install disk or file. Pressing >>> enter launches the process, and Windows installs. That's all there is to it! >>> >>> -- >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex >>> mehg...@gmail.com >>> >>> >>> >>> On Feb 11, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Shannon Gerdts <bambam...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello everyone, >>>> Ok so I purchased a new macbook pro 13" for my wife's birthday. We're >>>> now wanting to see about installing windows onto her macbook using fusion >>>> since that will allow her to run windows and her mac OS side by side so >>>> that she can switch between the two and run applications as needed. >>>> However, I'm trying to do some searches for doing such a thing since the >>>> newest macbook pros no longer come with an optical drive so I'm not sure >>>> how to go about this task using an iso. >>>> I did manage to get ahold of the windows 7 version I have in an iso form >>>> but would love to get some feedback on how I go about using this iso and >>>> installing it into fusion. >>>> I want to thank all of you for any help on this matter ahead of time as >>>> it will be tremendously appreciated from the both of us. >>>> >>>> Take care, >>>> Shannon Gerdts >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> You will need sighted help. Voiceover can handle installations of mac >> operating systems or updates just fine, but creating a VM is essentially >> installing Windows, albeit on a virtual disk instead of a physical one. So, >> Voiceover cannot see anything Windows does because Windows is its own >> operating system, and so you will not be able to get speech feedback >> (thanks, Microsoft). >> >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex >> mehg...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Feb 11, 2014, at 5:31 PM, Shannon Gerdts <bambam...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> Hello, >> Wow that's really nice. Now with both of us being blind would we still >> need sighted assistance during the install process or would voiceover work >> to tell us what's going on during this installation? >> >> Take care, >> Shannon Gerdts >> >> From: Alex Hall >> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 4:07 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Installing windows 7 home premium into vm fision from an iso >> >> I did that recently, and it's really simple. You create a new VM, choose to >> install from existing file or CD, then navigate to the iso when you are >> prompted to open the location of the Windows install disk or file. Pressing >> enter launches the process, and Windows installs. That's all there is to it! >> >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex >> mehg...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> On Feb 11, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Shannon Gerdts <bambam...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> Hello everyone, >> Ok so I purchased a new macbook pro 13" for my wife's birthday. We're now >> wanting to see about installing windows onto her macbook using fusion since >> that will allow her to run windows and her mac OS side by side so that she >> can switch between the two and run applications as needed. However, I'm >> trying to do some searches for doing such a thing since the newest macbook >> pros no longer come with an optical drive so I'm not sure how to go about >> this task using an iso. >> I did manage to get ahold of the windows 7 version I have in an iso form >> but would love to get some feedback on how I go about using this iso and >> installing it into fusion. >> I want to thank all of you for any help on this matter ahead of time as it >> will be tremendously appreciated from the both of us. >> >> Take care, >> Shannon Gerdts >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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