[nabs-l] Accessibility of Microsoft Office 365 vs. Google apps for Education

[Chris Nusbaum]

Hi Arielle,

I've never heard of Office 365, but I assume from its name that it's a
version of Microsoft Office, which means it would have Microsoft Outlook. I
used the Gmail Web site for a long time, and it was pretty accessible in the
basic HTML mode. However, the problem with basic HTML was it had something
like only 40 percent of the features offered in the standard view, which
isn't accessible. So, I would recommend Office for your purposes, but if you
only want the basic features of email (send email, receive email, reply,
forward, etc,) you could use the Gmail Web site. However, overall, I'm
finding Outlook more efficient the more I use it.

Hope this helps,

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Arielle Silverman
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 9:46 PM
To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nabs-l] Accessibility of Microsoft Office 365 vs. Google apps for
Education

Hi all,
I got an email from my university's IT office asking students for feedback
on which email platform to use in the future: Google Apps or Microsoft
Office 365. I know that Gmail is accessible but many of the other Google
apps are not yet; however I know nothing about MS-Office 365. I would like
to give my university accurate suggestions about accessibility of the two
platforms. Could any of you advise me as to whether Office 365 is accessible
and/or whether we should expect real improvements in the accessibility of
Google apps in the near future?
Best,
Arielle

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