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From: Vaibhav Saraf
Date: Feb 1, 2022 4:14AM

Hi David,

With my experience all the shortcuts you would use for MS Word editor can
be used while editing/creating a document in the Confluence Web. But yes,
doing larger operations with the document is a rather slow process with a
screen reader.

Thanks,
Vaibhav




On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 at 15:17, David Engebretson Jr. <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Thanks for sharing!
>
> I watched the video and noticed I can do all the things demonstrated in
> the video with JAWS 2022 without any special plug-in.
>
> Is there a video of what can be done in Confluence? Confluence seems to
> have a cluster of issues when dealing with creating and reading Confluence
> articles with a screen reader. So much so that our team is moving away from
> Confluence.
>
> I've never used our instance of the JIRA Help Desk on the administrative
> side, but that might be another good thing to demonstrate in a video. I've
> heard that lots of blind folks struggle with that interface.
>
> Is your product a JAWS scriptset and NVDA add-on? Can it be used with both
> JAWS and NVDA? The video just talks about JAWS. I heard no reference to
> NVDA in the video.
>
> I worked with the R&D team at Atlassian back in 2017 to try to help them
> understand the issues using their products with a screen reader and have
> noticed a slow shift towards adherence to more accessible UI design
> principles and WCAG compliance. I say slow because we often see UI changes
> on a monthly basis but there can sometimes be regressions in the UX for
> screen reader users.
>
> Again, thanks for sharing! I didn't see a reference to pricing on your
> site. Can you share that publicly? If not, no worries, I am happy to
> continue fumbling along with JIRA - since that is what I use on a daily
> basis in the team I work with at our university.
>
> Take care,
> David
>
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