Hi, Start the process, after it reboots, walk away. Go have some coffee or a drink. Come back after 20 to 30 minutes and try windows-enter. If Windows 10 is ready narrator will come up.
Chris Window-Eyes Product Support Ai Squared 725 Airport North Office Park Fort Wayne, IN 46825 (802) 362-3612 www.aisquared.com -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+cgrabowski=aisquared....@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Lynn White via Talk Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 3:15 PM To: Doug Geoffray <dgeoff...@aisquared.com>; Window-Eyes Discussion List <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> Subject: Re: installing Windows 10 Doug, So, during the process, how will you know when to run Narrator? On 7/27/2015 12:05 PM, Doug Geoffray via Talk wrote: > Richard, > > As mentioned, there are a couple screens that come up that do not have > Window-Eyes running. These couple screens will require you to run > Narrator. But all other places the upgrade process will allow > Window-Eyes to run and be used. > > Doug > > On 7/27/2015 12:57 PM, Kurlander Richard (750000) wrote: >> So if I understand right when I put 9.2 on my windows 8.1 machine I can >> install windows 10 using windoweyes and it will talk or do I have to use >> narrator? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Talk >> [mailto:talk-bounces+rkurlan=schools.nyc....@lists.window-eyes.com] >> On Behalf Of Doug Geoffray via Talk >> Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 12:39 PM >> To: talk@lists.window-eyes.com >> Subject: Re: installing Windows 10 >> >> Don, >> >> There are four scenarios when it comes to Windows 10 and Window-Eyes. >> Let me address each. >> >> 1) You get a new computer and it already has Windows 10 installed >> >> You must have the full Window-Eyes 9.2 installer. Windows 10 will >> block the installation of any version less than 9.2. >> >> 2) You manually install Windows 10 on a system >> >> Windows 10 is no different than any other operating system at this >> point. Window-Eyes itself can not be installed until Windows 10 >> itself is fully installed so you would need to use Windows Narrator >> to help you with the Windows 10 installation. Windows Narrator can >> be launched with Windows-Enter. >> >> 3) You are upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10 >> >> You must have Window-Eyes 9.2 installed on your Windows 7 system >> before the Windows 10 upgrade will allow you to continue. I have not >> seen the final Windows 10 upgrade which will start being pushed out >> on Wednesday so I can't say specifically what will happen but on the >> internal builds I've been testing I've seen the following. I had >> Windows 9.2 installed and running on my Windows 7 system when I >> started the Windows 10 upgrade. Everything was working well and >> speaking perfectly. However, there are eventually two back to back >> screens which have Window-Eyes unloaded and require you to launch >> Narrator. After those two screens the upgrade will continue and >> Window-Eyes will eventually launch and be working under Windows 10. >> >> However, under Windows 7 only there is a problem with the Window-Eyes >> accessibility driver. The issue is Windows 7 requires a mirror >> driver which Window-Eyes has. But after the upgrade, Windows 10 does >> not support mirror drivers so it blocks them leaving Window-Eyes >> without the driver causing there to be no off screen model. In most >> cases you don't even need an off screen model but it is still >> important to resolve this. The easiest way to resolve this is to >> simply run your Window-Eyes >> 9.2 upgrade on itself under Windows 10. So after Window 10 has been >> installed just download your Window-Eyes 9.2 upgrade and run it. >> This will install the necessary accessibility driver causing you to >> have a full 9.2 working copy under Windows 10. >> >> 4) You are upgrading from Windows 8.x to Windows 10 >> >> You must have Window-eyes 9.2 installed on your Windows 8 system >> before the Windows 10 upgrade will allow you to continue. Like >> Windows 7 there are a couple screens that come up without Window-Eyes >> running so you will need Narrator. After that Window-Eyes will come >> up and your Windows 10 will be running perfectly with Window-Eyes >> 9.2. There is nothing extra you need to do. Windows 8 and Windows >> 10 both use an accessibility driver, not a mirror driver, so life is >> good after the upgrade. >> >> Regarding how Microsoft is going to upgrading a billion devices to >> Windows 10, there is an interesting blog post you may find interesting: >> >> http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/07/02/windows-10-prepar >> ing-to-upgrade-one-billion-devices/ >> >> Regards, >> Doug >> >> On 7/27/2015 10:44 AM, Don H via Talk wrote: >>> When Windows 10 becomes available can it be installed without >>> sighted help? Will WE 9.2 have to be reinstalled after installing Win 10? >>> Thanks >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of >>> the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >>> >>> For membership options, visit >>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/dgeoffray%40aisquared.com. >>> For subscription options, visit >>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >>> List archives can be found at >>> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author >> and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >> >> For membership options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/rkurlan%40schools.nyc.gov. >> For subscription options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> List archives can be found at >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/lynnwhite360%40radioforlife.info. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. 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