Realize though that I think that is only for hardware devices, not necessarily for software; I could be wrong though.
Chris. -----Original Message----- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Ben J. Bloomgren Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 10:38 PM To: OS X & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: Is MS Word Accessible on the Mac? Remember too that those new laws are about to require accessibility for many products and apps. I think it's in 2016? Ben ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah k Alawami" <marri...@gmail.com> To: "mac access list iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 11:50 Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: Is MS Word Accessible on the Mac? > Actually I have a plan up my sleeves. I was talking to some folks who are > in IT with degrees and they are going to take it to their state then up to > national for a resolution. it's time MS be threatened and in a big way. > I'm hoping to get a resolution written with a lot of research involved and > send it off to national this year and see where it goes. This might not be > a battle I can win, but Me and some others with strong heads will try. >> On Mar 13, 2015, at 11:31 AM, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> >> wrote: >> >> You're pretty much on the ball here so let me put it a slightly different >> way. >> >> Okay, Microsoft have made their intentions clear so the user of the Mac >> has 2 choices, either continue to write to Microsoft and appeal - and >> deliberately keep slamming yourself into a brick wall - or go use >> something else such as Pages, Nisus Writer Pro and so forth. >> >> >> >> On 14/03/2015 5:14 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: >>> Frankly, as far as Office goes on the Mac, I'm about ready to say, >>> forget it! As long as all of us have been trying to convince MS to fix >>> the document payne area, and they've not done so, who's to say they'll >>> listen now? Normally, I'm not at all so negative with things like this, >>> but MS has made it blaintantly obvious! that they don't want to fix it. >>> Again I say, just stick with Pages. I understand it's not ideal for >>> some people, especially in a work based environment, but if you're in a >>> work based situation where you need Word? Then, frankly? I'm sorry, >>> and maybe this is gonna sound rude, but, frankly? Get a VM, or >>> Bootcamp, or some way to use Word on a PC running Windows. If nothing >>> else, get Libreoffice for Linux, and use it with Orca. I again know >>> that sounds really harsh, but realistically, what else are you gonna do! >>> >>> Last I heard, Libreoffice, and Openoffice on the Mac kind a sucked as >>> far as accessibility goes. Maybe things have changed. >>> >>> I didn't say it couldn't be done, but it was really really kurfunktified >>> the way things were laid out. >>> >>> Chris. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah k Alawami" >>> <marri...@gmail.com> >>> To: "mac access list iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net> >>> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 12:23 AM >>> Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: Is MS Word Accessible on the Mac? >>> >>> >>>> No it is not. they came out with a public beta of MsOffice and it is >>>> not accessible at all. I sent feedback but it looks like once again we >>>> are up with out a paddle on this creak. >>>> >>>> Take care. >>>>> On Mar 11, 2015, at 7:55 PM, Ann Byrne <ann...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I understand that MS Word works on the iPhone with voiceOver. 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