Hello, There was a long discussion at the beginning of the cast about how accessibility is being considered at a higher priority than in the past.
In terms of the Edge browser it was talked about how it will use standard Microsoft accessibility API's instead of giving the screen reader direct access to the Document Object Model (DOM). They indicated this will improve security and make web support be consistent with application support of accessibility. It sounded like they needed some additional classes to be available in UIA before screen readers could access the model. Windows 8+ has done significant work in reducing unauthorized access to content which have made AT vendors change the way they get information from the screen and now the web. If this means it will be harder for malware to recognize that you are about to enter your password on banking site and to start grabbing key input than this is a good thing. I am not enough of a security geek to know exactly what vulnerabilities Microsoft eliminated by having an additional layer of software between our AT software and our browser, but personally, I am more concern ed with how inaccessible Microsofts enterprise software like SharePoint and Helpdesk are than that one out of 4 browsers can't currently be used with screen readers. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Jul 30, 2016, at 7:21 PM, Kevin Barry via Talk > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Do you ask them to explain why the edge browser remains in accessible? If > you did not, you did a massive disservice to your committee. > > On Saturday, July 30, 2016, Russ Kiehne via Talk <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> This week on Main Menu we bring you the latest information from the folks >> at Microsoft Corporation all about the new Windows 10 anniversary update >> coming next week to a computer near you. Narrator, the screen reader >> built-in to Windows 10 is the main focus of our discussion this week and we >> brought a number of technology experts direct from Microsoft and elsewhere >> to talk all about it. The following Microsoft engineers joined us on the >> show from the Windows 10 Narrator accessibility team: Brett Humphrey, Kelly >> Ford and Dan Hubbell. In addition, Joe Steinkamp joined us from the Blind >> Bargains site as a technology expert on Windows 10. Microsoft has been hard >> at work on significantly enhancing Narrator with new voices, performance >> improvements, a new scan mode, new verbosity settings and so much more. We >> ask Microsoft questions about the upgrade experience for Windows users and >> we even dive into the positioning of Narrator as a viable commercial screen >> reader. This is really ju >> st the start of what is a jam packed show. In fact, we have a slight >> change for this week. We had so much content that was timely we will be >> airing the content of the show on ACB Radio starting at 9:00 PM Eastern. If >> you get the podcast version of the show there will be an additional 15 >> minutes of audio demonstrations of Narrator features included. Here are >> some important links you should keep in mind for Windows 10: What is coming >> up in Win10 Anniversary Update August 2 Ready to upgrade? AT user? Please >> use this link for free upgrade to Windows 10 Narrator user guides and >> documentation (this link will be live on August 2nd) >> >> http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/podcast/2016-07-29.mp3 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the >> author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >> >> For membership options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/krbarry%40gmail.com >> . >> For subscription options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> List archives can be found at >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> > > > -- > Sent from Kevin's iPhone. > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/jon.c.cohn%40gmail.com. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
