[nfbcs] Fwd: Collecting Information for Microsoft's new CAO

[Louis Maher]

Hello,

Two accessibility issues appeared in Office 2013, and they are not fixed in
Office 2016.

First, The dialogue for printing an envelope is inaccessible.  For Example,
open up a word document containing an address for a single envelope.  Select
the address in the Word document.  Hit alt to go to the ribbon, right arrow
to the mailings tab.  Down arrow to the envelopes option.  Hit enter.  The
address you selected will appear in the address field, and a return address
will appear in the return address field if you set a default value.  You
cannot see the contents of these fields.  If you type into these fields, you
cannot see what you typed.

Problem two, the signature field.  In Outlook's inbox, hit alt + f, then
arrow up to options, hit enter, arrow to the mail tab, tab to the signature
dialog, and you will find that the signature edit field cannot be seen.

I am using Windows 10, Office 2016, JAWS 17.0.377 and NVDA 15.4.

I believe that the bit-locker encryption dialog is inaccessible; however, I
cannot test that on my current machine since I might make my disk
unreachable.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Regards
Louis Maher
Phone: 713-444-7838
E-mail ljmaher at swbell.net


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Subject: [nfbcs] Fwd: Collecting Information for Microsoft's new CAO

I have been asked to circulate the following message.  This also applies to
your own personal experience with Microsoft product, even though the below
email specifies serving students and adults.

Jeanine Lineback
Begin forwarded message:

> From: "McSorley, Jan" <jan.mcsorley at pearson.com>
> Date: February 16, 2016 at 12:42:29 PM CST
> To: Jeanine Kay Lineback <jeanine.lineback at gmail.com>, Edgar Lozano
<lozano.edgar94 at gmail.com>, Su Park <su.park98 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Collecting Information for Microsoft's new CAO
> 
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I just got off a call with Anne Taylor who, as you know, used to be the
Director of Access Technology at the National Federation of the Blind.  She
now works for Microsoft and her boss is Microsoft's new Chief Accessibility
Officer.
> 
> Anne asked me to compile a list of access barriers in Microsoft products
that impede the work I am trying to accomplish at Pearson, but I would like
to take this opportunity to get additional feedback from others in the
field.  I would love to add your insights and opinions on how Microsoft
could help improve education, productivity, etc. of people  with
disabilities by making improvements in the accessibility of their products.
> 
> I will be working on a list of ideas for Anne, but if you have any
thoughts or feedback on the following questions, I will be sure to share
your name(s) as contributors to the list:
> 
> 1. Are there any access barriers to using Microsoft products that make it
difficult for you to serve students or adults with disabilities.  For
example:
> Word
> PowerPoint
> Excel
> Windows Operating Systems
> Windows Browsers
> 2.  Is there anything you wish Microsoft products would/could/should do
that they are not doing?
> 
> 3.  In your opinion, what should Microsoft's accessibility priorities be?
> 
> Any help or input you could provide would be appreciated.  This is a
unique opportunity to get ideas and requests up the chain at Microsoft, so
please don't underestimate the importance of your feedback.
> 
> Please share with others in your network as you see fit.  I will be
reviewing the list with Anne Taylor the week of March 22nd, so there is time
to reach out to others.
> _________________
> 
> For kids
> 
> Jan McSorley
> Head of Accessibility
> School Line of Business
> Pearson Assessment Centre
> 
> M: (512) 673-9569
> E: jan.mcsorley at pearson.com
> 
> Pearson 
> Always Learning
> Learn more at www.pearsonk12.com 
> 
> We put a man on the moon in the 1960's ... surely we can make information
technology fully accessible to people with disabilities.  It can be done ...
it must be done ... it will be done!
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