[nabs-l] accessibility of Share Point, One Note, and Voice Thread

[Ashley Bramlett]

Hi Julie,
If students use voice thread for sharing info, they will do it in the edit 
box.
I suggest typing your text in a word processor and then copying and pasting 
it into the edit box for voice thread. It made it easier that way. I'm not 
so sure voice thread has a spell checker, and I found it harder to edit text 
there since if you arrow too far up or down you get out of the edit box; 
jaws will tell this with the sound pop for forms mode being off or on, but 
still, its easier to get lost. So editing the text in a word processor 
eliminates this issue.

Ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Julie McGinnity
Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 7:36 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accessibility of Share Point, One Note,and Voice 
Thread

Awesome Ashley!  The Voice Thread info is great.  That's pretty much
what I was expecting.  They are using flash, so it makes sense that
the buttons wouldn't be labeled.  As long as the scripts are easy to
find, One Note may be an option.  I'll check it out.  Thanks.

On 12/19/13, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi Julie,
> If you can avoid it, do not use share point. I've heard nothing but 
> problems
> with it. Sure some parts are accessible with later versions, but it’s a
> tricky setup. You have to also open up Microsoft files in it to make 
> changes
> and I do not know if jaws reads those boxes.
>
> One Note is accessible with scripts; I know nothing more as I do not use 
> it.
> I just heard part of a webinar from freedom scientific where
> they discussed it. It was one of the fs casts.
>
> As for voice thread, it was a little confusing as there is so much to the
> website, but once I learned where to go and what to click on it seemed 
> okay.
> I used voice thread  in an advanced composition class. Our task was to
> write our comments on our site and read other's comments. I recall a few 
> of
> the video buttons were not labeled. Students could talk via a video or 
> they
> could write text.
>
> I was able to do my part with it. It took some reading the webpage with 
> jaws
> and its not easy to navigate  IMO, but I was able to use it some.
>
> HTH,
> Ashley
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julie McGinnity
> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 1:47 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: [nabs-l] accessibility of Share Point, One Note, and Voice Thread
>
> Good afternoon,
>
> I would like feedback from those of you who have used any of the
> following programs: Share Point, One Note, or Voice Thread.
>
> My boss is considering using Share Point or One Note to keep track of
> things at work, so I was tasked with finding out if either of them is
> accessible with a screenreader.
>
> I work at the University of Missouri assisting in the testing and
> implementation of technology and websites.  The university is
> launching Voice Thread as an option for professors to use in their
> classes.  I have read the accessibility documentation, but I am still
> hesitant that it is accessible to screenreaders, especially since some
> of the documentation wasn't accessible.  Does anyone have any
> experience with this program?
>
>
> --
> Julie McG
> National Association of Guide dog Users board member,  National
> Federation of the Blind performing arts division secretary,
> Missouri Association of Guide dog Users President,
> and Guiding Eyes for the Blind graduate 2008
> "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
> everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal
> life."
> John 3:16
>
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-- 
Julie McG
National Association of Guide dog Users board member,  National
Federation of the Blind performing arts division secretary,
Missouri Association of Guide dog Users President,
and Guiding Eyes for the Blind graduate 2008
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal
life."
John 3:16

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