One wonders how universally accessible it will be does this accessibility extend to its external devices as well? Such as apps games etc. etc. etc.

-- Jonnie Appleseed with his Hands-On Technolog(eye)s touching the internet Reducing technologys' disabilities one byte at a time



On Jun 7, 2014, at 6:45 PM, harry brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hi all,
I just got this in from wjr in Detroit, with the internet advisor show. 2 guys from Microsoft were in studio.
They were using a phone running windows phone 8.1.
I called and asked, "I know Narator is built in to windows 8.1 on a laptop or desktop computer. Is Narator available in windows phone 8.1?"
One of the Microsoft guys responded this way, and I'm going to tell you exactly how he responded. "No, Harry, I'm sorry to say, it's not. Wait a minute, wait a moment, it's done! My other Microsoft colleague sitting next to me here has just told me, that Narator is built in to windows phone 8.1, and windows phone 8.1 will be out in July or August."
Then I asked, "Now with these windows phone 8.1 phones, are they touch screen, or, can I connect a keyboard up to it?"
The Microsoft guys answered, "yes, you can connect a bluetooth keyboard up to it."
Then, he told me how you activate Narator on windows phone 8.1
"You go into settings, then, click on ease of access, then, you'll see a button to turn on Narator."
Now folks, this is incredible! Now I know, I know, Apple has done this for years, however, now, anyone will have access to their windows phones, using Narator in windows phone 8.1.
The Microsoft guy in the studio went on to say, "Your carrier will push the new windows phone 8.1 operating system to you when they're ready to, probably in July or August.
More phones are coming out which will be running windows phone 8.1 with narator built in.
Right now, windows 8 phones don't have the current update with Narator built in.
However, you can get it, if you don't want to wait for your carrier to push the new windows phone 8.1 update that has narator built in, and here's how you do it.
1. Go to the Microsoft app store.
2. It will ask for your Microsoft account info. So you type that in. If you don't have a microsoft account set up, go to
http://www.outlook.com
and set an account up for free.
3. Once you have your Microsoft account set up, just
Download an app called
preview for developers
Then download and install that app.
4. Then, go over to settings, and click on check for updates."
Anyway folks, that is all I got, but for the first time ever, we have access to phones running windows phone 8.1 with Narator built in.
If any of you try it, let us know how you like it, and if I try it, I'll let you all know how I like it.
Harry


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