[blindLaw] SOS --Need for Testing Beta 2020 and Microsoft 2016

[Laura Wolk]

Hi James,

Yes I'm on 2016, and I do need it to be tested with 2016
unfortunately.  I can't go into details, but for good reason, I can't
switch to 365 or NVDA.  Which is why Microsoft and Vispero's attitudes
are so ridiculous.  Because I'm far from the only one in this
situation.  For a variety of security or compatibility reasons, many
companies won't let one person use 365 while everyone else is on 2016.
I really do appreciate your concern.  I hope I am able to keep a level
head when speaking to them all.

Laura

On 10/11/19, Helga Schreiber <helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all again.   In my last email message, I ment to ask if you guys have try
> to deal with tracck changes using pages or office 2016 with Voiceover on the
> Mac computer? If not, I was thinking  that could help some of you to try to
> test it out if yu have the Mac. Thanks again.
>
> Helga Schreiber
> Email Address: helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com
> Sent from my iPhone 8
>
>
>
>> On Oct 11, 2019, at 3:38 PM, Helga Schreiber <helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Laura and all. Well, I’m not a law  school student yet, but I’m in the
>> process of getting there. Due to that,  I have not deal yet with track
>> changes with word document. However, I have a suggestion if some of you
>> could try if you have a Mac computer. Have you try to complete the track
>> changes in Micrsoft word document using Voiceover in the Mac? I’m assuming
>> this could work with pages and offfice 2016 that is I heard is accessible
>> with Voiceover on the Mac.  Hopefully these suggestions help some of you.
>> Look forwrd to hear form you soon. Thanks so much.
>>
>> Helga Schreiber
>> Email Address: helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com
>> Sent from my iPhone 8
>>
>>
>>
>>>> On Oct 11, 2019, at 2:46 PM, Laura Wolk via BlindLaw
>>>> <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>> All,
>>>
>>> The nightmarish scenario of Jaws reading all material,both old and
>>> new, in a track changed document seems to have arisen with a vengeance
>>> as of the late September release.  I have tried restarting jaws,
>>> restarting the computer, refreshing the screen, and switching to no
>>> markup.  Nothing works.
>>>
>>> My ability to work quickly and reliably has just been ground to a
>>> screeching halt.  Why not simply migrate back to an earlier update,
>>> you might ask?  Well, my friends, it's because **that** update was
>>> causing heavily track changed documents to crash as soon as the
>>> document was opened.  And how did Vispero come to know that fact?
>>> Because they tested it and identified hhe problem and committed
>>> themselves to fixing it as soon as possible?  No, of course not.
>>> Because my coworkers and I spent hours, literally hours, isolating the
>>> problem, creating a test document with nonsensitive information that
>>> replicated it, and sending it to them.  I am truly at my whits end.  I
>>> am a fully-employed person with a disability working at one of the
>>> most stressful and time consuming jobs in our profession.  And yet,
>>> here I am, using my work time to literally sit on the phone and
>>> **explain**, yes, **EXPLAIN, step-by-step, to Vispero employees how to
>>> **TURN ON Track CHANGES**, because they are so unfamiliar with this
>>> concept that they don't even know how to do it.  I do not have the
>>> time to take on a second full-time job just so I can do my first one.
>>> None of us do.  This is utterly unacceptable.  We need our leadership
>>> to step in now.  Stop bringing Microsoft to national conventions to
>>> wax eloquent about how much they care about accessibility if in fact
>>> they don't.  If in fact they are committed to not assisting at all
>>> with products that people still pay them to suppor, products that the
>>> entire federal government uses, products that just ask the blind to
>>> deal with it or risk losing their jobs.  Stop touting Jaws as if it's
>>> the best thing since sliced bread if, one week into the Supreme Court
>>> term, I now effectively cannot do my job, no, not have a harder time
>>> doing my job, but cannot do my job, because no one is testing this
>>> stuff before updates are released.  I am just incensed.
>>>
>>> I also need someone to test whether this problem is occurring on Beta
>>> 2020 with Word 2016.  I cannot get beta 2020 installed on my computer
>>> here.  But I need to verify whether it's fixed in that release.  I
>>> swear, if they try making me wait until December to fix this, I'm
>>> going to need some major reinforcements.
>>>
>>> Now please excuse me while I quickly go angry cry in the bathroom, put
>>> on my nice happy brave face again, and resign myself to spending
>>> thrice as much time on my work as I needed to spend yesterday.  Your
>>> prayers are appreciated.
>>>
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