Ramblings from some dude in the Assistive Technology industry.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Happy Windows 7 Launch Day!

Today marks the first day that Windows 7 is now available to the general public. I’ve been running the final release for more than a week now, thank you Windows 7 Party Pack, and I’ve noticed a lot of improvements in response over Vista and XP on my older 3 and a half year old Dell. And on a newer system? What a dream..

But before you go out and get yourself a shiny new copy of 7, get the latest drivers and Assistive Technology updates for the programs you use most. Below is a partial lists of some of the big names who are ready now for today’s big launch.

Zoom Text 9.18.5

http://aisquared.com/support/more/updates/

Window Eyes 7.11

http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/

Kurzweil 1000 Version 12

http://www.kurzweiledu.com/kurz1000.aspx

System Access

http://www.satogo.com/

Dolphin Products Version 11

http://yourdolphin.com/

JAWS 11

http://www.freedomscientific.com/news/pressroom/2009/JAWS-11-released.asp