[Electronics-Talk] reminders, alarms, and other productivity tools on windows pcs

[Christopher Chaltain]

I would strongly recommend Microsoft To Do for action items and reminders. It's accessible and intuitive. It also interacts with the tasks in Microsoft Outlook.

You also have tasks in Outlook, which are accessible and don't require much of a learning curve, but I find the To Do application more intuitive. You can flag an email for follow up and this will show up in Outlook Tasks and To Do.

The calendar in Outlook let's you set up appointments with notifications. It's pretty easy and accessible once you get the hang of it but it is a bit of a learning curve. There might be tutorials or webinars for JAWS and NVDA. If  you have any questions, people on the list will be more than happy to help.

I also am a big user of One Note. It's a way to jot down a quick note, organize them into notebooks and sections and have them synced across devices. I frequently use it to access a note on my PC that I jotted down on my iPhone and vice versa. You can also tag items as to do's in One Note and then run queries to find all of your to do's across all of your notes. Again, One Note is easy to use and accessible, but it's not terribly intuitive and works a bit differently than other similar applications. It does have a bit of a learning curve, but IMHO, it's worth it. There is a webinar from Freedom Scientific on using One Note with JAWS that will also apply to NVDA.

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Chaltain at Outlook, USA

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From: Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Ashley Bramlett via Electronics-Talk
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Subject: [Electronics-Talk] reminders, alarms, and other productivity tools on windows pcs

Hi all,



Hope everyone had a nice spring so far.



I am aware that smart phones and tablets such as the Apple IPhone and IPad have productivity apps to help you organize your life and remind you of things.



The IPad has a notes app as well as a reminders app. It also has the voice memos app for short notes.



I use my pc, either desktop or laptop, much more often though and want ways to do similar things on here.



Does Windows PCS and tablets have ways to set alarms, reminders and appointments?

Is this accessible to screen readers?

Please tell me which app or software you use if you do this.

I know on the IPad you can set reminders and they pop up at certain times and its there till you dismiss them.

I'm hoping something similar is there for the pc.

I also have the Microsoft desktop suite  of applications including Microsoft Outlook. I thought learning to set appointments in it might be helpful.



Is Outlook's calendar and tasks feature a big learning curve?



Thanks.

Ashley



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