On April 11, Microsoft released the next major update to Windows 10, 

which they have named the Creators Update. It actually became available 

earlier by April 5, for those brave and impatient souls who felt they 

couldn't wait until April 11 to install it. I suppose I was one of those 

impatient souls because, on April 8, I took the plunge and installed the 

update using Microsoft's Update Assistant Tool. I ran into some 

interesting hiccups, most of which are now solved and I am now using the 

Creators Update with NVDA with no real issues.

A lot has changed in this new update. While the update offers many 

welcome changes across the board, one of the biggest improvements which 

may be of interest to many visually impaired users are the additions to 

Narrator, which is starting to become a rather nice screen reader. It 

even offers some Braille support and allows you to fully install Windows 

without losing speech feedback.

You may be one of those who have already installed the Creators Update 

and may have some questions, comments or advice for the rest of us. Some 

of you may be considering moving to Creators and might have some 

questions before pressing the enter key on the button to begin the 

upgrade. Perhaps you're still running an older version of Windows and 

are wondering if moving to this latest version is worth doing.

Whether you're using Creators, are thinking about using it or are just 

interested in what it can do and how it's different from what you're 

currently working with we'd love to hear from you. The Windows 10 

Creators' Update will be the topic for the next phone meeting of the 

Philadelphia Computer Users Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired. 

While this group was initially formed to provide support to consumers 

living in or near the Philly area, all are welcome to call in. If you 

don't feel that you have any questions or comments you're welcome to 

call in and just listen in and soak up the information.



Date: Friday, April 28

Time: 8:00 PM



(approximately 2 hours)



To participate, the number to call is



(712) 432-3900



When prompted to enter an access code, enter

391477

followed by the pound key.





I look forward to hearing from you.





-- 

David Goldfield, Assistive Technology Specialist Feel free to visit my 

Web site WWW.DavidGoldfield.Info





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