<div dir="ltr">I'll have to see about logging into Teams on my Android work phone and see if that works. Even so, that would leave other secure enclaves that can't be configured with a phone. Oy. I fear I may be sounding older by the day, but my sighted coworkers complain just as hard about Teams. At some point Microsoft should really build what people need, not what it thinks people want.<div><br></div><div>Joe</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 11, 2026 at 12:23\u202fAM Ty Littlefield <<a href="mailto:tyler@tysdomain.com">tyler@tysdomain.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
<div>
<p>I'm greatful to have migrated to a company that uses Slack, so my
information is outdated, but this issue has existed since as far
back as 2018 when I was at Vispero (I feel old, I need to stop
using years and dates). Anyway, install teams on your phone if you
can. You get the notifications there and can control what you get.
sometimes you get redundant notifications but that beats spending
half your day hunting for stuff because you wanted to visit the
bathroom and make sure the day star still works as intended.</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>I also found it easier to read and review messages with the IOS
teams. That said, 6 years is an awful lot of time for Microsoft to
make me a fool.<br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<div>On 8/10/2026 8:55 PM, Joe Orozco via
NFBCS wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">As someone with an irrational hatred of
Teams, I appreciate the website. I don\u2019t know that Skype was
ideal, but it was a hell of a lot better than this cluttered
monstrosity.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">These are things I hope will get added to
the site. If I figure out a cohesive way to do it consistently
with JAWS, I will contribute:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li style="margin-left:0in">Adjusting
the settings so that I don\u2019t miss incoming messages if I
don\u2019t happen to be wearing my headset. At present, I\u2019m not
aware of new messages unless I go looking for them.<u></u><u></u></li>
<li style="margin-left:0in">How to
easily share content. I\u2019ve stumbled on to how to do it, but
I don\u2019t feel as though the process is intuitive for sharing
screens, specific applications, or giving control.<u></u><u></u></li>
<li style="margin-left:0in">Adding
people to a Favorites equivalent of Skype.<u></u><u></u></li>
<li style="margin-left:0in">Shortcuts
for quick tasks like placing calls, jumping to an attachment
in a message, etc.<u></u><u></u></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So many more things, but these seem like
the recurring headaches.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I appreciate the strives Microsoft has
made, but truly, they create these applications in a silo and
then get pushy about making people like what they cobbled
together, like Copilot. Design a smoother experience, and
people won\u2019t need to be forced to use them. It\u2019ll happen
organically.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Whew! It must have been a longer Monday
than I anticipated!<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Joe<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<div>
<div style="border-width:1pt medium medium;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgb(225,225,225) currentcolor currentcolor;padding:3pt 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
NFBCS <a href="mailto:nfbcs-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank"><nfbcs-bounces@nfbnet.org></a> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>charles.vanek--- via NFBCS<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 10, 2026 9:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:charles.vanek@gmail.com" target="_blank">charles.vanek@gmail.com</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:charles.vanek@gmail.com" target="_blank">charles.vanek@gmail.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [NFBCS] Feedback welcome on a new
website regarding Microsoft Teams Accessibility<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Good
evening,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Hope
everyone had a great Monday. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Recently
I\u2019ve been very frustrated with Microsoft Teams. As a long
time Zoom & Slack user Teams is quite the efficiency
killer. Even some of the most basic items, even the
Microsoft D.A.D support staff struggle to answer and find
work arounds. I honestly feel like I\u2019m teaching them things
about Teams rather than the other way around. I suspect the
D.A.D team doesn\u2019t do a lot in Teams or they use a small
form factor of Teams functionality.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">So what do I
do when truly frustrated and need things to change for the
better? I write a CMS framework, buy a domain name, draft a
few articles and launch a website.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">I\u2019d really
appreciate feedback. Find it at <a href="https://www.teamsaccessibility.com" target="_blank">https://www.teamsaccessibility.com</a>
<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Email
feedback, your own FAQs, even author an article I can
consider posting under your authorship. Send directly to <a href="mailto:feedback@teamsaccessibility.com" target="_blank">feedback@teamsaccessibility.com</a>
<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">The site has
no analytics, it won\u2019t trigger any tracking, it\u2019s got a A+
certificate score from Qualys, a 115 out of 100 on Mozilla\u2019s
security benchmark, SEO, AEO and GEO features all designed
to invite not just people like yourselves but my intent is
AI will pick up this information. In doing so my hope is
improvement will come.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Best,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Charles<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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