Archive for July, 2012

Useful Windows 8 Narrator commands

Posted on July 18th, 2012 in Desktop things.

Windows 8 introduces several improvements to Narrator, its built in speech capability. Like VoiceOver in the early days, there is much that Narrator doesn’t do, but it already has many of the characteristics you’d expect to find in a screen reader.

Useful Windows 8 shortcut keys for keyboard users

Posted on July 8th, 2012 in Desktop things.

Windows 8 is a big change from Windows 7. With features like the Metro start screen and charm bar, the interface has been completely reworked and the focus is on touch screen devices. That also means a whole new set of shortcut keys for keyboard devices too.

Carpe Diem 2013.