No I tested the release version of Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 Greg
On Sep 27, 4:18 am, "M. Taylor" <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > Hello Greg, > > Thank you so much for providing this info. > > I cannot begin to relay how sad and disappointed I am at the news of > Microsoft's Office 2011 VoiceOver inaccessibility. > > Wow! > > You know, when I installed the very first beta of Windows 7, it was > completely accessible. That is to say, as soon as one launched the > installation program for Windows 7, a very clear voice prompt asked if audio > assistance was required. This came as a total surprise to me, to say the > least. I answered in the affirmative and was able to install Windows 7 > without any sighted assistance, whatsoever. I installed that first beta on > three of my computers. By the way, the voice that was used to guide me > through the setup was not that of Narrator--it was much clearer. > > Astonishingly, with the release of the next beta of Windows 7, this feature > was removed. I was shocked, disappointed, and angry, to say the least. > > It was then that I began considering purchasing a Macintosh. > > It's been much too long to recall how I came to learn Microsoft's reason for > removing this feature but they said they removed it for security concerns; > to which I exclaim, "TommyRot!!!!!" Or, to put it in the vernacular, > "That's a load of crap!!!!" > > Greg, is it possible that the final release of Office 2011 will be VoiceOver > accessible? I mean, you reviewed a beta, did you not? Perhaps I'm just > grasping at straws, eh? (Smile) > > Thanks again for giving us a proverbial "heads-up" on this one. > > Most Sincerely, > > mark > - > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Greg Kearney > Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 1:22 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com; macvoiceo...@freelists.org; Mary Beth > Janes; Mike Shebanek > Subject: Microsoft Office 2011 and VoiceOver > > It is my sad duty to report that after getting a chance to test Microsoft > Office 2011 for Mac that it is no more accessible in this version than in > any of the previous versions. As in the past it is impossible to interact > with any of the content areas of the program. You are not able to review, > read or edit the text area in Word or Excel. > > It should not be clear to all that Microsoft has no intention of ever fixing > these issues. I communicated directly with Microsoft over the same failing > in Office 2008. The fact that after a complete rewire of the programs they > remain inaccessible to the built in screen reader of the OS to me speak > volumes about Microsoft's total lack of commitment to accessibility on the > Macintosh platform and may well speak to Microsoft's general commitment to > the platform as well. > > Gregory Kearney | Manager Accessible Media > Association for the Blind of WA - Guide Dogs WA > PO Box 101, Victoria Park WA 6979 | 61 Kitchener Ave, Victoria Park WA 6100 > Tel: 08 9311 8246 | Fax: 08 9361 8696 |www.guidedogswa.com.au > Tel: 307-224-4022 (North America) > Email: greg.kear...@guidedogswa.com.au > Email: gkear...@gmail.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
