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From: Shan He
Date: Fri, Mar 22 2013 9:55AM
Subject: Accessibility of Office 365 (Pros and Cons)
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Hi All,
Recently I'm doing some research on the accessibility of Office 365
package. What I found out is that Office 365 is fairly accessible, but I
would like to know which part is not accessible. Do anyone on this forum
know or have any resources such as evaluation results, comments, test
results? Since Office 365 is cloud-based system, I doubt it has some
barriers for screen reader users.
Your information and input are greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Shan
From: Karlen Communications
Date: Fri, Mar 22 2013 11:01AM
Subject: Re: Accessibility of Office 365 (Pros and Cons)
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I'm doing some work with this and found that if you choose the "blind low
vision experience" in the Outlook Web App most of the tools you need are
removed. Many of the labels are missing from edit fields or icons, the Tab
Order of how you fill in an e-mail to send is out of order, and some of the
tools don't work as they should whether you are using adaptive technology or
not. This is true with or without the blind low vision experienced checked.
My recommendation is to avoid using the "blind low vision experience with
the Outlook Web App as it makes the tool almost unusable.
Most of my experience has been with the Outlook Web App so far and I have
found the Office Web Apps to be more accessible than the outlook one but
there are some pieces of granular information like knowing what page you are
on in a Word document, that you don't have access to yet.
Cheers, Karen
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Subject: [WebAIM] Accessibility of Office 365 (Pros and Cons)
Hi All,
Recently I'm doing some research on the accessibility of Office 365 package.
What I found out is that Office 365 is fairly accessible, but I would like
to know which part is not accessible. Do anyone on this forum know or have
any resources such as evaluation results, comments, test results? Since
Office 365 is cloud-based system, I doubt it has some barriers for screen
reader users.
Your information and input are greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Shan
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From: Shan He
Date: Fri, Mar 22 2013 12:33PM
Subject: Re: Accessibility of Office 365 (Pros and Cons)
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Thanks Karen. Your input is very helpful. Did you test SharePoint and
Lync Online?
Shan
WebAIM Discussion List < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > writes:
>I'm doing some work with this and found that if you choose the "blind low
>vision experience" in the Outlook Web App most of the tools you need are
>removed. Many of the labels are missing from edit fields or icons, the Tab
>Order of how you fill in an e-mail to send is out of order, and some of
>the
>tools don't work as they should whether you are using adaptive technology
>or
>not. This is true with or without the blind low vision experienced
>checked.
>
>My recommendation is to avoid using the "blind low vision experience with
>the Outlook Web App as it makes the tool almost unusable.
>
>Most of my experience has been with the Outlook Web App so far and I have
>found the Office Web Apps to be more accessible than the outlook one but
>there are some pieces of granular information like knowing what page you
>are
>on in a Word document, that you don't have access to yet.
>
>Cheers, Karen
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
>[mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Shan He
>Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 11:55 AM
>To: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
>Subject: [WebAIM] Accessibility of Office 365 (Pros and Cons)
>
>Hi All,
>
>Recently I'm doing some research on the accessibility of Office 365
>package.
>What I found out is that Office 365 is fairly accessible, but I would like
>to know which part is not accessible. Do anyone on this forum know or
>have
>any resources such as evaluation results, comments, test results? Since
>Office 365 is cloud-based system, I doubt it has some barriers for screen
>reader users.
>
>Your information and input are greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks.
>Shan
>
>
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>
>>>
From: Wyant, Jay (MNIT)
Date: Fri, Mar 22 2013 3:01PM
Subject: Re: Accessibility of Office 365 (Pros and Cons)
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We have grave concerns about SharePoint 2010 and 2013 and are currently engaged in substantiating review and discussion in order to distinguish between SharePoint as a tool and SharePoint as it is implemented. If folks are interested, I will publish our findings once complete.
Jay
---------------------
Jay Wyant
Chief Information Accessibility Officer
MN.IT Services, Central
State of Minnesota
651.201.1001
612.825.8285 (m)
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http://mn.gov/oet/policies-and-standards/accessibility/
On Mar 22, 2013, at 1:33 PM, Shan He < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Thanks Karen. Your input is very helpful. Did you test SharePoint and
> Lync Online?
>
> Shan
>
> WebAIM Discussion List < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > writes:
>> I'm doing some work with this and found that if you choose the "blind low
>> vision experience" in the Outlook Web App most of the tools you need are
>> removed. Many of the labels are missing from edit fields or icons, the Tab
>> Order of how you fill in an e-mail to send is out of order, and some of
>> the
>> tools don't work as they should whether you are using adaptive technology
>> or
>> not. This is true with or without the blind low vision experienced
>> checked.
>>
>> My recommendation is to avoid using the "blind low vision experience with
>> the Outlook Web App as it makes the tool almost unusable.
>>
>> Most of my experience has been with the Outlook Web App so far and I have
>> found the Office Web Apps to be more accessible than the outlook one but
>> there are some pieces of granular information like knowing what page you
>> are
>> on in a Word document, that you don't have access to yet.
>>
>> Cheers, Karen
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
>> [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Shan He
>> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 11:55 AM
>> To: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
>> Subject: [WebAIM] Accessibility of Office 365 (Pros and Cons)
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Recently I'm doing some research on the accessibility of Office 365
>> package.
>> What I found out is that Office 365 is fairly accessible, but I would like
>> to know which part is not accessible. Do anyone on this forum know or
>> have
>> any resources such as evaluation results, comments, test results? Since
>> Office 365 is cloud-based system, I doubt it has some barriers for screen
>> reader users.
>>
>> Your information and input are greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Shan
>>
>>
>> >> >> messages to = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
>>
>> >> >> >
>
>
>
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From: Shan He
Date: Fri, Mar 22 2013 3:44PM
Subject: Re: Accessibility of Office 365 (Pros and Cons)
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Jay,
That will be great, when will it be completed?
Shan
WebAIM Discussion List < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > writes:
>We have grave concerns about SharePoint 2010 and 2013 and are currently
>engaged in substantiating review and discussion in order to distinguish
>between SharePoint as a tool and SharePoint as it is implemented. If
>folks are interested, I will publish our findings once complete.
>
>Jay
>---------------------
>Jay Wyant
>Chief Information Accessibility Officer
>MN.IT Services, Central
>State of Minnesota
>651.201.1001
>612.825.8285 (m)
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
>http://mn.gov/oet/policies-and-standards/accessibility/
>
>On Mar 22, 2013, at 1:33 PM, Shan He < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
>> Thanks Karen. Your input is very helpful. Did you test SharePoint and
>> Lync Online?
>>
>> Shan
>>
>> WebAIM Discussion List < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > writes:
>>> I'm doing some work with this and found that if you choose the "blind
>low
>>> vision experience" in the Outlook Web App most of the tools you need
>are
>>> removed. Many of the labels are missing from edit fields or icons, the
>Tab
>>> Order of how you fill in an e-mail to send is out of order, and some of
>>> the
>>> tools don't work as they should whether you are using adaptive
>technology
>>> or
>>> not. This is true with or without the blind low vision experienced
>>> checked.
>>>
>>> My recommendation is to avoid using the "blind low vision experience
>with
>>> the Outlook Web App as it makes the tool almost unusable.
>>>
>>> Most of my experience has been with the Outlook Web App so far and I
>have
>>> found the Office Web Apps to be more accessible than the outlook one
>but
>>> there are some pieces of granular information like knowing what page
>you
>>> are
>>> on in a Word document, that you don't have access to yet.
>>>
>>> Cheers, Karen
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
>>> [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Shan He
>>> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 11:55 AM
>>> To: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
>>> Subject: [WebAIM] Accessibility of Office 365 (Pros and Cons)
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Recently I'm doing some research on the accessibility of Office 365
>>> package.
>>> What I found out is that Office 365 is fairly accessible, but I would
>like
>>> to know which part is not accessible. Do anyone on this forum know or
>>> have
>>> any resources such as evaluation results, comments, test results?
>Since
>>> Office 365 is cloud-based system, I doubt it has some barriers for
>screen
>>> reader users.
>>>
>>> Your information and input are greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>> Shan
>>>
>>>
>>> >>> >>> messages to = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
>>>
>>> >>> >>> >>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>>>
From: Pratik Patel
Date: Sat, Mar 23 2013 7:35AM
Subject: Re: Accessibility of Office 365 (Pros and Cons)
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Both Sharepoint 2010 and 2013 sites could be made to be accessible but take
substantial work. In some cases, the effort may not be worth it. We have
worked with clients on Sharepoint 2010 sites. Now we're starting to work
with 2013.
Pratik Patel
Founder and CEO, EZFire
T: 718-928-5529
M: 718-249-7019
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-----Original Message-----
From: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
[mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Shan He
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 5:45 PM
To: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Accessibility of Office 365 (Pros and Cons)
Jay,
That will be great, when will it be completed?
Shan
WebAIM Discussion List < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > writes:
>We have grave concerns about SharePoint 2010 and 2013 and are currently
>engaged in substantiating review and discussion in order to distinguish
>between SharePoint as a tool and SharePoint as it is implemented. If
>folks are interested, I will publish our findings once complete.
>
>Jay
>---------------------
>Jay Wyant
>Chief Information Accessibility Officer
>MN.IT Services, Central
>State of Minnesota
>651.201.1001
>612.825.8285 (m)
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
>http://mn.gov/oet/policies-and-standards/accessibility/
>
>On Mar 22, 2013, at 1:33 PM, Shan He < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
>> Thanks Karen. Your input is very helpful. Did you test SharePoint and
>> Lync Online?
>>
>> Shan
>>
>> WebAIM Discussion List < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > writes:
>>> I'm doing some work with this and found that if you choose the "blind
>low
>>> vision experience" in the Outlook Web App most of the tools you need
>are
>>> removed. Many of the labels are missing from edit fields or icons, the
>Tab
>>> Order of how you fill in an e-mail to send is out of order, and some of
>>> the
>>> tools don't work as they should whether you are using adaptive
>technology
>>> or
>>> not. This is true with or without the blind low vision experienced
>>> checked.
>>>
>>> My recommendation is to avoid using the "blind low vision experience
>with
>>> the Outlook Web App as it makes the tool almost unusable.
>>>
>>> Most of my experience has been with the Outlook Web App so far and I
>have
>>> found the Office Web Apps to be more accessible than the outlook one
>but
>>> there are some pieces of granular information like knowing what page
>you
>>> are
>>> on in a Word document, that you don't have access to yet.
>>>
>>> Cheers, Karen
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
>>> [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Shan He
>>> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 11:55 AM
>>> To: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
>>> Subject: [WebAIM] Accessibility of Office 365 (Pros and Cons)
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Recently I'm doing some research on the accessibility of Office 365
>>> package.
>>> What I found out is that Office 365 is fairly accessible, but I would
>like
>>> to know which part is not accessible. Do anyone on this forum know or
>>> have
>>> any resources such as evaluation results, comments, test results?
>Since
>>> Office 365 is cloud-based system, I doubt it has some barriers for
>screen
>>> reader users.
>>>
>>> Your information and input are greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>> Shan
>>>
>>>
>>> >>> >>> messages to = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
>>>
>>> >>> >>> >>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>>