Microsoft announced yesterday that desktop applications will only be supported on devices that have displays of 8inches or above.
Windows
Windows10 Registry Tweak To Get Around Accessibility Problem In Start Menu.
If you are blind or visually impaired, and you have installed Windows10 Technical Preview build 9926, you have discovered that you cannot read the Start Menu with any screen reader. The new Continuum mode makes it impossible for screen readers to bring the items in the Start Menu into focus. The code for the old build 9879 Start Menu is still present, and it can be re-enabled with one simple registry tweak.
Breaking in Windows Premiere – Windows 10 and a piece of Star Trek?
The new year is also a fresh look for us! With that we are launching Breaking in Windows, a show dedicated to the discussion, review and demonstration of all things Microsoft and Windows related.
Summary of Windows10 Press Briefing.
What did we learn from Microsoft’s Windows10 press briefing? Let me summarize the event for those of you who have a life and don’t have the time to watch a more than two hour event. Windows10 is coming to PC’s later this year as a free upgrade. Microsoft’s personal assistant, Cortana, is built into the operating system and is voice activated. Many of the features available currently with Microsoft’s Speech Recognition software are now built into Cortana as well.
Windows10: The Next Chapter. Microsoft Press Briefing.
Join us right here on January 21 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time to learn about the next chapter for Windows 10.
Cortana Is Now Integrated With The Native Twitter App On Windows Phone.
I am excited to announce how easy it is to compose and post a Tweet on Windows Phone using Cortana. Just activate Cortana, say Twitter-new Tweet. Wait for a sound effect that indicates the microphone is active and awaiting input. Dictate your post. Wait for Narrator to read back your message. If it is correct, press the Tweet button on your app bar, and your Twitter composition is posted. It is very easy and very quick. The Twitter app on Windows Phone still has many other accessibility problems, but this feature works incredibly well.
Windows Phone 8.1 – Part 2 – Staying Connected.
In this episode, James Oates shows us how to add a Skype contact and make a Skype call using Cortana. He shows us how to compose a Tweet and check our timeline on Twitter. Finally, he demonstrates the functionality of the email application. Threw out the episode, he is using the built in screen reader, Narrator, on a Nokia Lumia 635 running Windows Phone 8.1.
Windows10 Technical Preview – Peering into the future.
In this episode, James Oates tells us about Microsoft’s new operating system coming in 2015. He shows us the new Start Menu, Task Viewer, and the Virtual Desktop Viewer contained in the current version of Windows10 Technical Preview.
Exploring Windows8.1 Part 4 – Reading In The Dark.
In episode four, James Oates introduces us to
Tweet Free,
a fully accessible Twitter client for Windows8.1. He walks us through version eleven of
Adobe Reader
for reading PDF files. He demonstrates
Adobe Digital Additions
for reading eBooks. He shows us how to add a RSS feed to
Microsoft Outlook.
Finally, he demonstrates making a phone call using
Google Voice
inside of Google Hangouts.
Exploring Windows 8.1 Part 3 – Staying connected and having fun.
In episode 3 of James Oates Exploring Windows 8.1 series, James switches from
JAWS15
to
NVDA2014.3
and shows us four free popular applications from the Windows Store. He walks us threw how to use Facebook, Twitter, Netflix, and YouTube. James also demonstrates Xbox Radio and Google Hangouts.
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