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

[Jeanine Lineback]

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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> 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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