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From: Howard Kramer
Date: Feb 6, 2016 1:14PM

Thanks Gary and everyone else for your replies. This has been very helpful.

-Howard

On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Morin, Gary (NIH/OD) [E] <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> As a Dragon NaturallySpeaking user, whose office will be moving to Office
> 2016 and Office 365 sometime this year, I've also been interested and
> concerned about this move. We've already seen issues with Office 2010 and
> Dragon 12, Office 2013 and Dragon 12, Office 2013 and Dragon 13, as well as
> Office 2013 and Dragon 13. I've at least found the following, but not sure
> what else has been written or who's done any testing:
> http://nuance.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/17805/~/information-on-dragon-naturallyspeaking-13-and-windows-10
>
> http://nuance-community.custhelp.com/posts/905182eaea this user forum is
> not very positive - experience seem to be all over the place - from DNS 13
> working well with Windows 10 to it not working at all with Windows 10.
>
> Gary M Morin
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Léonie Watson [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2016 1:40 PM
> To: 'WebAIM Discussion List' < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Accessibility of Windows 10
>
> Windows 10 works well with Jaws, NVDA and Narrator (the latter especially
> useful if you want to use Edge). Not sure about other Ats/accessibility
> needs though.
>
> Léonie.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> > On Behalf Of Karlen Communications
> > Sent: 05 February 2016 14:20
> > To: 'WebAIM Discussion List' < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> > Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Accessibility of Windows 10
> >
> > I've been using it ever since I got the upgrade notification. I'm
> > using it with JAWS 17 and haven't noticed much difference.
> >
> > Cheers, Karen
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> > On Behalf Of Howard Kramer
> > Sent: February 5, 2016 8:25 AM
> > To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> > Subject: [WebAIM] Accessibility of Windows 10
> >
> > Hello All:
> >
> > Except for this article by the NFB -
> > https://nfb.org/blog/vonb-blog/installers-beware-microsoft-drops-ball-
> > accessibility-windows-10
> > -
> > I haven't seen much on accessibility problems of Windows 10. What is
> > the gist on accessibility of Windows 10. I do get the sense that folks
> > using AT are using it successfully.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Howard
> >
> > --
> > Howard Kramer
> > Conference Coordinator
> > Accessing Higher Ground
> > 303-492-8672
> > cell: 720-351-8668
> >
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> > > > >



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Howard Kramer
Conference Coordinator
Accessing Higher Ground
303-492-8672
cell: 720-351-8668

Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference
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Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up
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Access Series <http://ahead.org/learn/virtual-learning/at_webinars_15_16>;*.
Site capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your
earliest convenience for the largest selection.



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