Debra,
I am in a group, where we had to go electronically recent days. I never
tested MS Teams, so afraid I cannot be of much help. Yet, if your
workgroup is not totally stuck with that provider, perhaps you could
suggest for them to rather move to a service that is called Zoom. You
find it at:
Zoom.us
, and that is what I am using. It is all accesssible with WinEyes,
though certain messages, like when someone raises their hand or enters
and leaves the meeting, are not automatically spoken. To that end, NVDA
is more informative.
Be glad they did not attempt Skype, as that proved useless in practical
terms, with screen readers, when I tried it in the spring.
Like someone else suggested, if you don't find WinEyes too cooperative
in your meeting room, give NVDA - or even Narrator - a try. After all,
depending on the nature of the meeting, you might not be all that
relying on all the features of the meeting software, as you might be
more busied in listening or participating in the meeting itself.
As a sidenote, if you have a mobile device - Apple or Android - the
mobil version of a given meeting software, might be more accessible. At
least, the development on those platforms are more contigious, and hence
what does not work, might be drawn to the developer's attention.
Just by memro, I do wonder if there was ever made a script for Teams,
but that is all by a vague memory. Additionally, even if so, that would
be such many versions ago, that it might not even apply today. I'll
browse my collection here, and see if there was any such thing, and let
you know.
Lastly, do they insist on using Teams, ask them if there are available a
list of hotkeys, to control the software. Or, simply search the net for
a term like:
MS Teams Hotkeys List
, or,
MS Teams accessibility for visually impaired
. These searches might help you out even more.
If you want to know, to what extent NVDA works with the Teams software,
try raising a question on the NVDA mailing list. My guess is, there will
be users who long time have been facing the issue of yours, and might
have good workarounds.
On 12/12/2020 10:12 PM, Debra Hill via Talk wrote:
Hi,
My work group is to start having meeting using Microsoft Teams. In reading
on it, it seems it is not accessible with WE. Does anyone on the list know
of a web site which offers tutorials or knows more about Teams?
Thanks for any suggestions! Have a blessed day!
Deborah
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