Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Fully funcional windows 10 screen reader petition

I'd hate it if MS were to implement a full screen reader in their desktop operating systems. Whilst the pricing of traditional AT leaves a bit to be desired, I much prefer a dedicated company working on these sort of things so they can (amongst other things) push updates as and when the product needs them and not when the rest of the company determins there will be a combined software update. When was the last time an iOS or OSX update was released that just fixed VoiceOver issues? Didn't think so. I agree that the best root would be for MS to buy someone like NV Access with a view to bundling a certified compatible version of NVDA with the OS and letting them release versions as and when they feel it is needed; they could choose to release a version in the way that they are doing at the moment but could also have the option of pushing it to everyone via Windows update once some MS funded QA has taken place. Cheers, Ben. On 1/13/15, Sean Murphy wrote:

Sorry I don't agree with this. If ms want to include a full screen reader then sponser NVDA Or buy one of the available screen readers. Even better provide a full API for accessiblity like Apple and let the small specialist companies do the thing. Then you get the best of both worlds.

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On 13 Jan 2015, at 9:34 am, Mario Percinic wrote:

Hey everyone. someone has started a petition on microsoft's own windows 10 forum to add a fully functional screen reader to windows. If the petition gets enough votes, microsoft will consider it as an addition to windows 10. Please sign in and spred it around as much as possible. If we get enough votes, there is huge possibility that we could press microsoft to actually do something about it.

the link for the petition is: https://windows.uservoice.com/forums/265757-windows-feature-suggestions/sugg...

-- Mario Percinic Accessibility consultant mario.percinic@gmail.com skype: acousticman gsm: +385922630259

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