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From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Jun 8, 2017 3:23PM

I agree. The experience isn't great, but does better than any other
enterprise-level product.

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Ryan E. Benson

On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 2:57 PM, JP Jamous < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Todd,
>
> I used it with JAWS 17 using the provided scripts and noticed that it is
> accessible enough. Some areas are harder to reach as the UI was created in
> a way that made it difficult for the JAWS scripts to interact with it.
>
> If you have the proper JAWS scripts, it should be safe to upgrade. If not,
> then forget it as it does not read anything without the scripts.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> Behalf Of Weissenberger, Todd M
> Sent: Thursday, June 8, 2017 1:49 PM
> To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> Subject: [WebAIM] Skype for Business
>
> Colleagues,
>
> Our campus is making ready to convert our telephony systems to VoIP using
> Skype for Business. Aspects of this service will include making/receiving
> phone calls, voice mail, instant messaging, contact management, and other
> unified communication services.
>
> Is anyone willing to share experiences with VoIP rollouts and especially
> Skype for Business? Are there TTY, voice-to-text, user interface, or other
> issues we should be on the lookout for? Anything exceptionally menacing on
> the horizon?
>
> Thanks for any input!
>
> Cheers,
> Todd
>
> Todd M. Weissenberger
> I.T. Accessibility Coordinator
> Information Security and Policy Office
> University of Iowa
> 319-384-3323
>
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