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Re: MS Office Accessibility Checker Interface and Output Accessibility

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From: Krista Greear
Date: Mar 29, 2019 2:01PM

I can't speak as a screen reader user but I know the checker has improved
with the latest versions of MS Office 365.

Also might be of interest - Microsoft has a dedicated answer desk
<https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/disability-answer-desk> for
accessibility product issues, accessibility questions and use of Assistive
technology (run by people with disabilities). Chat is available 24/7, phone
calls and video chat are a bit more limited in the open hours.

Krista

On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 11:29 AM Bim Egan < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Thanks Jim,
>
> That's very useful too. Sorry I can't help about contrast, I can use a
> screen magnifier to help me use a color contrast analyzer, so haven't tried
> anything else. Perhaps others can help there.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bim
>
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> From: Jim Homme [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Sent: 29 March 2019 17:34
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> Subject: RE: [WebAIM] MS Office Accessibility Checker Interface and Output
> Accessibility
>
> Hi,
> While you are in the tree, you can press ALT+DOWNArrow to get choices on
> what to do with the current item. I just tried a simple document that had a
> single error and a warning about contrast. I was able to easily make a
> piece
> of alt text this way, but, being a totally blind screen reader user, I did
> not mess with the contrast part, because I did not know if I could get hex
> or decimal numbers for colors, so I could do the math. If I could somehow,
> even using another tool, that would be great.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jim
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of Bim
> Egan
> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2019 4:19 AM
> To: 'WebAIM Discussion List' < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] MS Office Accessibility Checker Interface and Output
> Accessibility
>
> That's brilliant! Thanks Glen,
>
> As someone still struggling with ribbons and the odd names MS Word now uses
> as labels, your practical description was a real relief.
>
> Bim
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Of glen walker
> Sent: 27 March 2019 20:38
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> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] MS Office Accessibility Checker Interface and Output
> Accessibility
>
> It's ok, but I don't find the accessibility checker to be that great.
>
> To get to it, I use the shortcut: alt+f, i, i, a
>
> After it runs, the results are in a new panel. You can use f6 to navigate
> to each panel (landmark) in Word. The correct panel will say
> "Accessibility
> Checker tool bar". The results uses groupings and trees.
> The groupings are errors, warnings, and tips. The groupings don't say
> they're expanded or collapsed but using spacebar or right arrow will expand
> it, but it won't say it was just expanded or collapsed. When you open one
> group, it opens them all. Kind of like an accordion except I've never seen
> an accordion that will open every section when one section is opened.
>
> Under each grouping is a tree with general issues and a list of elements
> that have that issue. If you select an element from the tree, it gets
> selected in your main document, but the focus remains in the accessibility
> checker.
>
> If you press tab after selecting an element in the tree, you get to the
> "additional information" section of the checker which has some info on why
> the issue is a problem.
>
> You can press f6 until you get back to the main document to do something on
> the selected element.
>
> So the interface seems to be accessible. I can get to most everything with
> a keyboard and stuff seems to be labeled with an accessible name.
>
> Glen
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Krista Greear
Accessibility and Inclusivity Crusader
​ATHEN Executive Council Vice President​
Access Technology Higher Education Network <https://athenpro.org/>