[Nfbmo] Best email system for screen readers

Bryan Schulz b.schulz at sbcglobal.net
Fri Aug 28 20:09:49 UTC 2009


plus when suggesting help, you have to remember what the person said and 
provide an answer that will be cumfortable for that situation.

Bryan Schulz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Wunder" <gwunder at earthlink.net>
To: "NFB of Missouri Mailing List" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Best email system for screen readers


>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
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>
>>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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