[Trainer-talk] Outlook?

[Julie A Adkins]

Yes, if the person has to work they must have Outlook. And that network version--is it called Exchange? is not accessible. it doesn't use the standard keyboard commands. The employer has to buy a copy of the real Outlook and put it on the person's personal computer.  

If the person is just a home user, I have been using Windows live mail for several years, and recently have started using Thunderbird.  The mail app built into Windows 8.1 is too complicated to use for screen reader users, and so is the Outlook.com website. Well, if you have a Zomtext user who uses the mouse, that person could use the Outlook.com site. It does have some keyboard commands too, just not the ones we are used to. I got excited about it when I first tried it, but then I realized JAWS cannot work well with it. 

Julie Adkins
Assistive Technology Trainer
Certified Vision Rehabilitation Therapist
704-516-6617


> On Aug 28, 2014, at 3:43 AM, Michelle Clark via Trainer-talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I  am not an  official   trainer but follow this post. If a  person expects
> to work in the Federal Government, they will need to know how to use
> Outlook.
> 
> Michelle
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trainer-talk [mailto:trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jim
> Portillo via Trainer-talk
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 11:03 PM
> To: 'List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology'
> Subject: [Trainer-talk] Outlook?
> 
> Hello,
> 
> 
> 
> I have a question for the trainers on this list.
> 
> How many of you are still teaching Outlook for email, and how many have
> begun going away from that and mainly going to web-based mail?
> 
> 
> 
> The reason I'm asking is because there's been some discussion from an AT
> person where I work, who buys equipment for clients, who questions
> continuing to buy Office with Outlook and who questions my continuing to
> teach the program unless the person already has it.  
> 
> The argument is still that many offices and places of employment use
> Outlook, along with several schools.
> 
> I was just curious what you thought.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> 
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