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

[Peter Donahue]

Hello David and everyone,

    Cloud storage and applications can be a big money saver too. Rather than 
having to pay a lump sum for an application suite like Microsoft Office you 
"Subscribe" to a cloud-based version much like you would an online service 
such as NAPSTER, Rapsity, Apple T.V. etc. This can be a big plus for those 
on a budget. The down side is to be sure you keep your Internet Account and 
the service subscription paid.

    Another benefit to cloud apps and services is that you only pay for what 
you use. We use an online cloud-based file storage and retrieval service 
called JungleDisk. You only pay for the amount of storage you use per month, 
$0.15 per GB for example. Some services will also charge you for out-going 
band width incurred when you share files with others or create URLS from a 
Web site to files stored in your JungleDisk Cloud. For additional 
information about JungleDisk and other cloud applications visit:
http://www.rackspace.com

Hope this helps.

Peter Donahue


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2012 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Accessibility of Microsoft Office 365 vs. Google apps 
for Education


Well, if you read any technology stuff today you will quickly see
references to the Cloud.  Basically it is storage, applications and
the like located at a remote site.  You generally access them through
a browser and the Internet.  Instead of doing stuff, and storing
stuff on your local PC, they are handled remotely, (in the cloud,)
and you just connect to them as needed.

Dave

At 08:57 AM 4/15/2012, you wrote:
>Wow!
>It appears, that I have to jump in here!
>I was listening to the highlights, from past conventions, yesterday,
>when I first heard of "The Cloud."
>Then, you mentioned it, on this thread.
>I must be behind times, so what is "the Cloud?"
>Thanks, Joshua
>
>On 4/15/12, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:
> > Office 365 is Microsoft Office in the Cloud.  We use MS Office 365
> > for e-mail where I work -- and I can see no difference between it and
> > the client-server version of Outlook we previously used.
> >
> > I can't speak to other Office 365 programs, as we have just converted
> > Mail, but it works well.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > At 08:44 PM 4/13/2012, you wrote:
> >>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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