[Nfbmo] Best email system for screen readers

Gary Wunder gwunder at earthlink.net
Fri Aug 28 19:55:57 UTC 2009


I think that Outlook 2007 may be very satisfactory for most of its users, 
but from what I read it is still quite problematic with most screen readers. 
I continually hear about long delays when reading messages, composing them, 
and even while moving through a folder from message to message.

Gary


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Horchem" <garyhorchem at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFB of Missouri Mailing List" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Best email system for screen readers


>I use Outlook 2007 and Novell Goupwise 8 client I run my own mail  server.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 27, 2009, at 10:17 PM, "Gary Wunder" <gwunder at earthlink.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Dan. I would suggest Microsoft Outlook is a good alternative. If  you 
>> happen to have the office suite, it is part of that. If not,  there is 
>> always Windows mail which I assume, for Vista users, is  much like 
>> Outlook express.
>>
>> I would like to know more about Angelina the gorilla who needs  adopting 
>> and lives only on such sustenance as she can get from her  toenails.
>>
>> Gary
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <danflasar at aol.com>
>> To: <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>; <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 6:42 PM
>> Subject: [Nfbmo] Best email system for screen readers
>>
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>     In accordance with the Law of the Inevitability of Behavioral 
>>> Change ("People will continue to do what they are doing until it is 
>>> more painful to continue than it is to change")
>>> I have finally decided that AOL is simply too painful to continue  to 
>>> subject myself to it's intrusive commercialism than it is to  learn 
>>> something new.
>>>    What do y'all find to be the best email program, client, etc.?   I 
>>> have a high speed DSL, a reasonably powerful processor,  substantial 
>>> memory and plenty of disk space.
>>>    I use JAWS.
>>> Features I want:
>>> 1.  No huge all-inclusive environment - AOL takes up a huge amount  of 
>>> memory, space and crashes VISTA.
>>> 2.  Ability to perform the same function on groups of messages  (delete, 
>>> keep as new, move to folder, etc.)  This can be done in  AOL but it 
>>> takes forever.  Worse, if I accidentally click or hit  enter on any part 
>>> of any email, the post opens up and all the  checkboxes are cleared - ya 
>>> gotta start all over again.
>>> 3.   Ability to easily reply and forward messages without JAWS  going 
>>> otu of forms mode.
>>> 4.   Hopefully there are no monotonous notices that a housewife  lost 30 
>>> pounds by eating nothing but her toenails eppearing as an  entry in the 
>>> list of functions such
>>> as New Mail, Old Mail, IMs, Sent, Deleted Mail, Dieting Houswife, 
>>> Contacts, Brad and Angelina adopt a gorilla, Calendar, Folders and 
>>> Teeth sandblasting toothpaste.
>>> 5.  I already have a yahoo account, a g-mail account and several 
>>> accounts from my cable company (Charter) - anybody prefer one of  them?
>>> 6.  If anyone knows of a good source for learning about  accessibility 
>>> of email systems, that would be helpful.
>>>
>>>      I will appreciate any and all suggestions - other than those  who 
>>> tell me where I can shove my email - unless they're really funny.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Dan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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