
The steps for a Mac using BootCamp are somewhat different and are not covered in this article. This article will walk you through the steps required to do such an installation on a PC. Since this version of the operating system, Microsoft has included audio support and installed a copy of Narrator in the recovery environment (called the WinRE), that now allows a blind person to do a clean install of Windows 10 unaided.

Since March 2017 and the so called “Creator’s Update,” however, that has now changed. However, it was not possible to do a completely clean installation of Windows, that is, to do a brand new installation on a blank hard drive, without sighted assistance. (Note: This article first appeared in the BCAB Newsletter, January 2018) Introductionįor many years now, it has been possible to upgrade from one version of the Windows operating system to another by doing an upgrade installation using speech. Windows 10 Clean Install with Narrator and Cortana by Andrew Hodgson
