I contacted MS about this on there feedback forum in 2007 but I have since lost the link and there have been no results as far as I'm aware. I don't use word anymore on windows or mac so I would not be able to say yes or no that it is or is not accessible. Sarah Alawami MSN: marri...@gmail.com aim: marri...@gmail.com:
website: http://music.marrie.org youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125 Podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com Mobile site for podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com/mobile/ On Sep 2, 2010, at 8:03 AM, cathyk wrote: > Dear List, > I've been struck by how willing we are to accept the fact that VO > doesn't work natively with MS Word. At one level all the work-arounds > show just how flexible, enterprising, and creative we are; every > employer should be eager to hire anyone with such spark and, yes, > ability. But am I the only one who fluctuates between sadness and > outright anger that a program like MS Word, so standard in every > single thing related to word processing, isn't accessible from the get- > go? Every work-around means time and energy taken away from the main > task at hand, whatever it is we're hoping to do. Each conversion on > its own is just a few seconds here and there. But these seconds add > up, plus they leave us open to unnecessary mistakes, which reflect > badly on our capabilities. > > I know some people on this list have been trying to change this. I > propose we band together, and really push for this to happen > collectively. We can certainly make it more public that despite all > the claims for accessibility, VO doesn't work with a MAJOR program. I > frankly don't care whether the fault lies with Apple or Microsoft - > they need to be made to play together, just as they surely have on > other matters. As an added incentive, I know that lots more sighted > people are warming to the idea of having long documents read to them, > which means that this improvement would have broader benefits and > could even be a marketing tool for Apple to tout its screen reader as > an interesting technology for all. > > Please excuse this rant, but it's been building up; I just can't > understand why we're so willing to accept the status quo when the > thing that excited so many of us about the Mac was finally being part > of mainstream technology. > > In solidarity, > cathyk > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
