Oops, I accidentally sent this before I was ready.
One thing I will say is that voice typing is noticeably better in
Windows 11. I don't use this feature regularly, but when I have used it,
results are much better than in previous Windows versions.
On 2/2/2022 7:57 PM, Ana G wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>
> Just as there's no reason to hurry up and upgrade to Windows 11,
> there's no reason to avoid it. I've used Narrator to run the upgrade
> on three or four computers, and Everything has gone smoothly. When I
> ran the first upgrade, I did it using Jaws and Windows 11 beta. The
> upgrade process itself was fine, but at the time, Jaws was extremely
> buggy on Windows 11. I'm assuming that this has been corrected by
> now, but the experience was what finally got me off Jaws (i.e., I had
> work to do, and Jaws wasn't helping me do it).
>
>
> While there are a lot of changes, I would agree that most are
> noticeable by sighted people. The ones we notice are small, the kind
> of thing you notice when you're doing something specific. For example,
> when we press Windows+b, we now have to arrow-down once or twice, then
> right-arrow to get to network status, volume level, etc.
>
>
> On 2/2/2022 6:11 PM, David Goldfield wrote:
>> First, I don't believe that we have any evidence that Microsoft will
>> be forcing Windows 11 on computers currently running Windows 10. A
>> simple Internet search will verify this and I suspect that people who
>> say such things are just assuming this will happen rather than doing
>> any actual research to verify their suspicions. Windows 10 will
>> continue to receive support until October of 2025. Even if your
>> computer is capable of running Windows 11 there is no real reason why
>> users should feel obliged to upgrade. If you are happy with Windows
>> 10 then continue to use it until October of 2025 if that's what you
>> want to do. It is not likely that you're going to turn on your
>> computer one morning to find that Windows 11 was installed without
>> your permission. Also, to say that Windows 11 is optimized for
>> accessibility implies that Windows 10 is not. If you are running the
>> latest version of your preferred screen reader Windows 11 is just as
>> accessible as Windows 10.
>> Based on what I've read and experienced so far there's nothing
>> whatsoever about Windows 11 that impresses me. I see no innovation
>> compared to Windows 10 as well as meaningless changes for seemingly
>> no reason. Of course, any future innovation is going to be for
>> Windows 11 and so I have no doubt we'll see some helpful or useful
>> features being added over time. Narrator will soon be getting two new
>> voices which I can only assume will be available to other third party
>> screen readers and it will also be receiving a few new keyboard
>> commands. I've heard that Windows 11 either has or will soon have a
>> voice typing feature and I will be curious to try using it. To
>> summarize, Windows 10 is a rock-solid operating system which will be
>> supported for over three and a half years while Windows 11 seems to
>> have little extra to offer although that will surely change over time.
>>
>>
>> David Goldfield,
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>> Gary
>>
>> One of the reviews I saw relative to Win 11 vs 10 noted that the
>> newer display should be more pleasing to the eye which, for the
>> typical blind user, is meaningless, of course <smile>!!
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