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From: Michael H
Date: Feb 1, 2022 1:17PM

Thank you to everyone for the help! This thread has been very helpful and
informative. It's great to hear that I'm not the only one on this group
wondering the same thing about Jira/Atlassian products.

I will be sharing this thread with my peers and the management on my team.
I'm hopeful that we will be able to improve the Jira experience based on
the tips/advice and tools shared in this thread.

I will also reply to the email I sent Jira's a11y support team with a link
to this thread.

Thank you to everyone for the help and replies. This list has been a life
saver for me. :)

I'll report back my team's findings.


On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 11:38 AM Michael H < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I was curious if anyone has any tips on how to best use Jira Cloud as a
> blind user?
>
> I'm assuming the kanban boards are not accessible, but I'm curious if
> anyone has found alternative views and workflows that would allow a blind
> person to productively use the software?
>
> I learned that a user can create tickets and add comments via email:
>
>
> https://support.atlassian.com/jira-cloud-administration/docs/create-issues-and-comments-from-email/
>
> Nice. But maybe not great?
>
> Are there any 1st or 3rd party apps that streamline/improve the interface?
>
> Their a11y page makes it sound like they are striving to be accessible:
>
> https://www.atlassian.com/accessibility
>
> I emailed them two months ago ( <EMAIL REMOVED> ) asking for advice, but
> haven't heard back.
>
> I have yet to read the VPAT. :(
>
> Mostly curious to hear if others have been able to find ways to make this
> software a usable and productive tool for themselves and/or their visually
> impared colleagues.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>