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

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From: mhysnm1964@gmail.com
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
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Brandon Keith Biggs
Sent: Saturday, 2 November 2019 4:49 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Are there major accessibility issues in Word,
PowerPoint & Outlook

Hello,
Office products still have a long way to go until they have an incredible
UX.
NVDA does not read content of cells while you are editing in Excel.
It's extremely difficult to read 2-columns in Word.
It's not possible to add alt-text to an image in word only using the
keyboard.
When you are doing live editing, where two people are editing the same
document at once, NVDA says "edit" before every line in word.

These are just the major problems I have experienced in the last week.
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>;


On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 3:08 AM Vemaarapu Venkatesh <
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> Hello all, Greetings!
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> Considering the fact that the accessibility of MS Word, PowerPoint &
> Outlook is been enhancing a lot recent days, still could someone find
> major accessibility issues in these desktop apps?
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> What about the mobile versions of these apps on Android & IOS, are
> they usable?
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>
> Regards,
>
> Venkatesh
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