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

Fri Feb 19 18:30:09 UTC 2016

Microsoft access has a long-standing accessibility bug with the forms 
designer.  Blind people (no useable vision) using forms only have the 
plain form as an option since all of the other controls in the forms 
designer require real mouse action to manipulate them keyboards cannot 
be used.
Both word and excel do not announce colors when using the color 
selectors in the menus for cells in excel and I never did find out what 
color selection could be used for in word.  Colored tiles get 
highlighted but not announced with a screen reader.  This one effects 
people with color blindness as well as total blindness and may impact 
visually impaired people as well.

On Fri, 19 Feb 2016, Jeanine Lineback via nfbcs wrote:

> Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 13:19:19
> From: Jeanine Lineback via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> To: ljmaher at swbell.net
> Cc: Jeanine Lineback <jeanine.lineback at gmail.com>,
>     List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology
>     <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org>,
>     NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Fwd: Collecting Information for Microsoft's new CAO
> 
> Thank you Lewis,
> I will pass along the information. If anyone else has more please email it as soon as you can. Thank you!
>
> Dictated on an iPhone.
>
>> On Feb 19, 2016, at 12:09 PM, Louis Maher <ljmaher at swbell.net> wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jeanine Lineback
>> via nfbcs
>> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 10:03 AM
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>> <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Jeanine Lineback <jeanine.lineback at gmail.com>
>> 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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