Re: Podcast on why accessibility is not a win.
Hi,
Sorry only just got around to this now - I don't really listen to many podcasts so had to make a bit of time.
I originally thought this was the Windows 10 RE mode speech we were talking about but we were talking about the OOBE. I am not sure what the end decision is on the talking OOBE now, but I agree that the way they implemented it was probably a bit dumb in the sense that everyone else I know of hates the thing and wants to get rid of it. Also if you try and use it without enabling Narrator you will have a tough time, so I think it needs addressing. However the podcast was totally wrong and the comments made were at best misguided and at worse will only serve to clarify people's misguided opinion on what people with little or no sight can do on a computer.
I am not sure what the state of the talking OOBE will be going forward, but I like the way Apple do this after a while of silence, and then only giving the minimum of noise.
If I can find it the BCAB (presenter me!) did a presentation on installing Windows from a completely blank disk and everyone was extremely pleased with the work that MS did. However I did do a survey afterwards about how many people would try this on their own and in a room of 40 people only 2 said they would try it actively which although I wasn't surprised, it did make me feel a bit sad.
Andrew.
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From: Barry Toner
Hi,
Have you had any response to paul on Twitter yet? He has responded to me a couple of times there, but this is a different point entirely.
Andrew. ________________________________________ From: Darragh Ó Héiligh [d@digitaldarragh.com] Sent: 14 January 2019 11:16 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: Podcast on why accessibility is not a win.
Thanks for highlighting this.
I recorded this to hopefully get the message out that Paul Thurrott was very wrong in what he was saying. I'm hoping that they will correct him on Wednesday.
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Sent: Sunday 13 January 2019 23:26 To: 'Blind sysadmins list' Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Podcast on why accessibility is not a win. All,
The below podcast I would suggest you have a listen too. The original podcast is from Windows weekly episode 603 where this host makes a large number of negative statements against accessibility for the vision impaired in windows. They are design to get an reaction. The host of the below podcast does an excellent job in highlighting the errors.
http://www.digitaldarragh.com/2019/01/10/windows-weekly-603-paul-thurr ott-is -so-very-wrong/#comment-49688
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