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From: Alan Zaitchik
Date: Jun 1, 2022 7:57AM

Would appreciate feedback: I'm working on an email with HTML content. At the top there's a “view in browser” link which opens an HTML page in the user's browser. That page will soon be made accessible. But the original email file is not accessible in Outlook— nested presentation tables, lack of headings and list structures, and more. Screen readers give an inferior expeeience, to say the least.
Does the convenience and immediacy of the “view in browser” link count as affording an equivalent experience? Will AT users opt to use the link as a matter of course when they hear it or encounter bumps in the road in Outlook? It may be impossible to rework the email itself for the Outlook mail client.
Thanks,
A