[nabs-l] MS Excel and accessibility

Mike Freeman k7uij at panix.com
Tue May 17 22:07:01 UTC 2011


How about reading the JAWS help on it?

Mike Freeman
sent from my iPhone


On May 17, 2011, at 14:18, Âris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good...  so, how does it work with JAWS?
> 
> Chris
> 
> "A loss of sight, never a loss of vision!" (Camp Abilities motto)
> 
> --- Sent from my BrailleNote
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "dreicer, zachary" <z.dreicer at emissives.com
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Tue, 17 May 2011 15:07:32 -0600
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] MS Excel and accessibility
> 
> excel is pretty good with jaws
> 
> Sent from my BRAILLENOTE Apex
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
> To: NABS list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Tue, 17 May 2011 15:57:02 -0400
> Subject: [nabs-l] MS Excel and accessibility
> 
> Hi, all!
> 
> Lately in science class, we've been doing a lot of assignments
> involving graphing data from an experiment, or lab, into MS
> Excel.  Since we haven't tried it on my computer, and my TVI
> doesn't know a lot about its interaction with screen readers
> (JAWS in particular) we make the graph manually on my
> Braillewriter, which is tedious and time-consuming (at least more
> time-consuming than doing it in Excel.) This can amount to be
> pretty annoying.  My classmates are getting the graph done on the
> computer in no time and are moving on to notes that are homework
> if not finished in class, and having enough time to finish the
> notes and have no homework! However, I didn't even have time to
> start on the notes because the graph took so long to make (from
> scratch) on the Brailler, and had to do it all at home.  * Frown.
> So, I'd like to know how accessible Excel is to screen readers,
> especially in making graphs or spread sheets.  What have your
> experiences been with Excel and are there any tips or tricks you
> use with it? Or do I still have to go old-school and do it on the
> Brailler? (smile) Any help would be apreciated! Thanks!
> 
> Chris Nusbaum
> 
> "A loss of sight, never a loss of vision!" (Camp Abilities motto)
> 
> --- Sent from my BrailleNote
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