[gui-talk] Accessible way to read emails in Outlook web access

Tue Sep 19 17:04:08 UTC 2017

I called them today but they referred me to their professional desk. And the office 365 support set I'm supposed to contact the administrator at my institution. 
In other words I did not have a pleasant experience with them today. 

I found out that in the settings for office 365  I should be able to change to outlook light  but I cannot find that option in my account anywhere   According to the available information it should be in the display settings  but not here 

I talked to the technical support of my institution and they had no clue what I was talking about 
But they have created a ticket for me  let's see what happens 

Thank you all for the support thus  far I have received on the list 
Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 19, 2017, at 10:09 AM, Steve Jacobson via gui-talk <gui-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> There is a second reason to follow Curtis's advice and contact the Microsoft
> Disability Answer Desk.  Microsoft is using the calls to that phone number
> as a means to track problem areas and bugs.  Besides getting help, such a
> call will help make Microsoft more aware of this problem.  
> 
> Part of the difficulty with the OUTLOOK.COM web site is that there are some
> buttons that appeared to be unlabeled that open other menus, and you can't
> always be certain where those menus will appear on the page.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Steve Jacobson
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Curtis
> Chong via gui-talk
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 8:56 AM
> To: 'Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List'
> <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Curtis Chong <curtischong at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Accessible way to read emails in Outlook web access
> 
> Ah, I see the problem. Yes, it is true that using the Outlook web interface,
> one cannot find the Options link that enables you to switch to Outlook
> Light. My preference (if possible) always is to use the real Outlook package
> if available<smile>.
> 
> You might consider calling the Microsoft Disability Answer Desk at
> 800-936-5900 to get them to switch your interface to Outlook Light since
> they can remote into your system and do it. Last week, I used them to fix a
> problem I was having connecting Outlook to an Exchange server for the first
> time. They were quite helpful.
> 
> Cordially,
> 
> Curtis Chong
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of TaraPrakash
> via gui-talk
> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2017 9:02 PM
> To: Curtis Chong <curtischong at earthlink.net>
> Cc: TaraPrakash <taraprakash at gmail.com>; Discussion of the Graphical User
> Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Accessible way to read emails in Outlook web access
> 
> Hi Curtis. 
> 
> I'm talking about outlook on the Internet  are you using the same or The
> Outlook application which is part of Microsoft office package? 
> Earlier I could find outlook light which was very accessible in comparison
> to outlook standard but in one of my accounts outlook light is not 
> 
> Easily available  and the settings which may make Outlook light version
> default for me is not accessible either 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Sep 18, 2017, at 5:28 PM, Curtis Chong <curtischong at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>> 
>> Greetings:
>> 
>> I'm not sure what the problem is with emails and Outlook for you. I am
> using
>> Outlook now, and (for the most part) emails are reading just fine. Of
>> course, if somebody sends you an inaccessible graphic, that is a different
>> problem<smile>.
>> 
>> Aloha,
>> 
>> Curtis Chong
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gui-talk [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> TaraPrakash
>> via gui-talk
>> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2017 3:14 PM
>> To: gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: TaraPrakash <taraprakash at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [gui-talk] Accessible way to read emails in Outlook web access
>> 
>> Dear all.
>> 
>> There used to be a way for reading Outlook emails in accessible format.
> But
>> looks like Microsoft has made it impossible to read emails using screen
>> readers.   I'm sure you can change something in the settings  but those
>> tabs in the settings are not accessible either.   
>> 
>> I have one institutional email ID  that does not let me configure emails
> in
>> the  outlook application 
>> On my computer. 
>> I would appreciate if somebody could suggest me some way of reading the
>> emails in Outlook web access 
>> 
>> Thanks in anticipation 
>> 
>> TP
>> Sent from my iPhone
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