It's a good thing we don't pass judgment on Apple's commitment to
accessibility based on how well they support their applications on their
competitors platforms.
I haven't used their mobile app for the iPhone, but I have used their
web interface for Outlook on my iPhone with Safari, and I was able to do
everything I needed to do, such as move messages to folders, delete
messages, reply to messages and compose new messages.
I've recently started using Windows again for work, I'd been using
Ubuntu almost exclusively for the last three years on my previous job,
so I'm not a Microsoft fan boy by any means. I will say this about
Microsoft though, every application I need to use for my job that comes
from Microsoft is accessible, and I work in a shop that uses Microsoft
products for almost everything. This includes Outlook, Word, Excel and
so on. There's no way I could do my job without Microsoft's commitment
to accessibility, and there's no other company that offers the range of
accessible programs that Microsoft does allowing someone to even do the
job that I currently have.
IMHO, there's no reason to toss off these gratuitous messages bashing
other companies. This is an list for Apple products, so nothing
constructive is served, and it just makes all of us look petty.
On 04/05/2014 04:41 PM, David Chittenden wrote:
Sounds like the level of commitment to accessibility that I have come to expect
from Microsoft.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
Sent from my iPhone
On 6 Apr 2014, at 6:48, "Richard Turner" <[email protected]> wrote:
There has been some confusion which I may have contributed to, but also if
folks would be careful to use real app names, things would not get quite as
confused.
The app I've been talking about is "Microsoft Office Mobile" which is free
and is free for home use. It works with OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) and
only Office 2007 and above documents that have the "x" at the end of the
file extension, like ".docx" or "xlsx", etc.
Microsoft also released "Microsoft Word for iPad" which requires an Office
365 subscription if you want to edit documents.
It is only for the iPad.
Apparently, it will also edit older .doc files.
I do not have an iPad or an Office 365 account so am hoping that Microsoft
will make the "Microsoft Office Mobile" app which works on the iPhone, iPod
Touch and iPad, fully accessible with VoiceOver.
My sighted wife can edit documents quite easily with it and VoiceOver will
read the documents, but you can't edit them with VoiceOver.
Richard
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