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Re: Are there major accessibility issues in Word, PowerPoint & Outlook

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From: mhysnm1964
Date: Nov 1, 2019 7:22PM

Jaws using the latest release of Excel edits the cell with no issues. I
cannot comment on editing a shared document at the same time. Something I
have not done yet. Jaws doesn't have issues with pages in a 2 or more column
structure. This indicates there are some issues within NVDA on how it is
accessing the relevant information. Jaws uses the DOM and UIA to achieve the
level of access. Not sure if NVDA does the same.

The other consideration is if these custom scripts from NVDA (assuming there
is one) and Jaws custom scripts were not present. The level of accessibility
for Office would be reduced. I have not spent the time to identify the gaps.
MAC Office uses Apple Accessibility Framework to get the level of
accessibility. There is some UX issues here as well due to the method of
implementation when I used it last.


The adding of alt text to images has been addressed already.

I don't know if the equation editor is accessible yet or not to assistive
tech users.

Sean