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Re: Microsoft Teams and NVDA

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From: Laura Fathauer
Date: Sep 30, 2024 9:19AM

Without knowing more specifics- there are a few different keyboard
shortcuts for Teams. You can use control-f6 to navigate via different
areas. When looking at a series of posts, try hitting the enter key to "go
into" the post to read the contents.

For additional info, Microsoft has instructions on using a screen reader
with teams
<https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-a-screen-reader-to-explore-and-navigate-microsoft-teams-47614fb0-a583-49f6-84da-6872223e74a0>
.

Laura



On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 6:59 AM Claire Forbes < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Good morning, everyone -
> I was asked to review a Teams Post that's for a group of learners. Does
> anyone have any guidance on how to review these for accessibility/Section
> 508 compliance?
> I opened NVDA and attempted to navigate the post and it will only read the
> title of the Post and not the actual content. When I click on one of the
> images include in the post, it opens and NVDA reads, "unknown" (so missing
> alt text?)
>
> Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
> Claire
>
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