Hi Sieghard, You know, I have seen this in other places, where when you type something, you can't go back and edited with voiceover. It has been irritating, and I have deleted things rather than send them. It seems to me it's either sometimes and Facebook or sometimes in Twitterrific, but I can't remember which right now. The next time it happens I'm going to make a note of it. In other words, I'm wondering if it is a broader issue perhaps a voiceover issue. Mary
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 23, 2016, at 12:18 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Mary and others, > > In connection with the discussion of the bug in the native mail app when > replying to a thread, lend your voice to those of us who write to Microsoft > asking them to fix an issue in Outlook which doesn’t allow Voiceover users to > review/edit what they have written in the email body. If this were fixed, > Outlook would be an excellent alternative to the native mail app and in my > opinion it gives any other mail app whether accessible or not a run for its > money. > > The problem is that if you write text in the message body field, Voiceover > will read the entire text, but it only clicks when you try to navigate by > characters, words or lines. As far as I can tell this is pretty much the only > problem with Outlook, otherwise it is a very excellent mail app with way more > features than the native mail app and it gets excellent reviews. Here is what > it says in the app description: > > “The best email app for the iPhone.” - The Verge > > Meet Outlook for iOS, the app that helps millions of users connect all their > email accounts, calendars and files in one convenient spot. Newly redesigned, > Outlook for iOS lets you do more from one powerful inbox. > > See what matters most first with the Focused inbox that keeps the important > messages on top. Switch between your emails and calendar to schedule your > next meeting or share your availability with just a few taps. Or grab a > document from your Files list and attach it to an email seamlessly. > > With everything you need only a tap away, managing your busy days is now > easier than ever. > > Outlook for iOS works with Microsoft Exchange, Office 365, Outlook.com > (including Hotmail and MSN), Gmail, Yahoo Mail, and iCloud. > Outlook also connects to OneDrive, Dropbox, iCloud, Google Drive & Box so you > can attach any file to an email without having to download it first to your > mobile device. > You can now protect your inbox with Touch ID and get the privacy you deserve. > Keep your messages away from prying eyes by requiring your fingerprint or > device passcode in order to access your Outlook account. To enable Touch ID, > take a look at the app Settings under Preferences. (iOS 9 users) Your inbox – > and dare we say it, the world – is now at your fingertips. > > Anybody who wants to contact Microsoft and ask to have the bug fixed which > prevents Voiceover users from reviewing/editing text in the email body > character by character, word by word, line by line or by using cut, copy and > paste, please install the Outlook app, add a mail account and then go to > Settings (the bottom right tab), then tap on the first button at the top of > the screen called “Help and Support”. Use the “Suggest a Feature” option > instead of “Contact Support”. The reason for this becomes clear in the below > thread. I had sent in a message using contact support and received a reply in > about 13 minutes (impressive). This by the way is all fully accessible. Here > is my message and the reply: > > Sieghard, 12-Mar-2016 04:38 > I am a blind user of an iPhone and I have previously sent in this feedback. I > am really wondering when your development team is going to take the time to > make the outlook app usable for Voiceover users. Microsoft has shown great > commitment to excess ability with many other apps, and while the outlook app > is fully accessible for reading emails it is impossible to compose emails. At > this point it is not possible to type some text and then review or change it > because Voiceover does not read back any text that has been written in the > message body. This is effectively a deal-breaker. I would be happy to discuss > further if my assistance would be of help, but the issue is really easy to > reproduce if voiceover is turned on and you write some text in the email > message body and then try to review it either by character or word. It is > great to see all these new features are getting at it, but it is very > frustrating that as a blind user I am not able to use the app. This feedback > has also been submitted by other blind iPhone users who would love to use the > Outlook mail app and I really hope this can be fixed soon. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > Sent from my iPhone > > Joyce - T1 Support, 12-Mar-2016 04:51 > > Hi, Sieghard > > I honestly can't give you an ETA for this, but please rest assured this is > something the whole engineering team is working on. > No pressure, but I do encourage you to check out UserVoice, our forum where > we are able to let users know when scheduled updates and fixes for specific > features will be implemented. It's accessible through your Settings. Instead > of clicking 'contact support', press "Suggest a Feature" and you'll be able > to add your voice to a thread there. When we update the product, we're > updating users who expressed interest in the specific features listed there. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
