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Re: Accessibility of Office 365 (Pros and Cons)

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From: Shan He
Date: Mar 22, 2013 12:33PM

Thanks Karen. Your input is very helpful. Did you test SharePoint and
Lync Online?

Shan

WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> > writes:
>I'm doing some work with this and found that if you choose the "blind low
>vision experience" in the Outlook Web App most of the tools you need are
>removed. Many of the labels are missing from edit fields or icons, the Tab
>Order of how you fill in an e-mail to send is out of order, and some of
>the
>tools don't work as they should whether you are using adaptive technology
>or
>not. This is true with or without the blind low vision experienced
>checked.
>
>My recommendation is to avoid using the "blind low vision experience with
>the Outlook Web App as it makes the tool almost unusable.
>
>Most of my experience has been with the Outlook Web App so far and I have
>found the Office Web Apps to be more accessible than the outlook one but
>there are some pieces of granular information like knowing what page you
>are
>on in a Word document, that you don't have access to yet.
>
>Cheers, Karen
>
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