Again, which OS and which version of Office. If Windows 10 and/or Office
365 then , please include the build number.
Microsoft is making significant changes in the accessibility of all their
products. But in general JAWS often uses VBA scripting to get the
information it needs. So if you want to make something accessible that is
not in Office you probably need to figure out how to access that
information in visual basic and then use the getObject functionality to get
to the Office objects in JAWS.
Take care,
Jonathan
On 28 December 2017 at 16:47, Paul Hunt <prhunt1@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello everybody. I checked the New Recipient and the Edit Recipient lists
and they are not accessible with Narrator. I cannot reliably use the JAWS
cursor because JAWS doesn't speak what's under the JAWS cursor in many
office applications. It would be interesting to know what happens in
Narrator when the UIA elements expose their controls properly. I assume
that when Microsoft does this in an application it automatically becomes
accessible in Narrator but I'm not sure that my assumption is correct.
Assuming that an application is accessible in Narrator but not in JAWS,
what approach can we take to make it accessible while we wait for VFO to
make it a priority?
Thanks so much.
Paul
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Subject: [jawsscripts] Making part of an application Accessible
Hello everybody. most of Microsoft Wordââ¬â¢s functionality is accessible.
There are three functions that are not. I believe that Microsoft may have
exposed the functionality but the screen readers (JAWS, Narrator and NVDA)
have not made these features accessible, probably because they arenââ¬â¢t
commonly used. How can I determine, from the FSUIA object whether Microsoft
has exposed these controls. Here are the features and how to get to them.
1. Document Collaboration. To access this functionality, ccreate a
document, share it with another user, ask the user to make some changes and
save the document. Then access the document. It will show which items the
other user changed but you wonââ¬â¢t be able to see them. Has Microsoft
exposed this functionality even though the screen Reader venders have not
made it accessible? How can I determine whether the controls have been
exposed through the FSUIA object?
2. When using the Mail Merge facility, you can create a new
Recipients list. You access this interface with the Alt+R N key tip. When
you access this interface, you get an inaccessible table. Did Microsoft
expose this interface even though the Screen Reader venders have not made
it accessible? How can I confirm this FSUIA object?
3. 3. When using the Mail Merge function, you can edit an existing
recipient List. To access this interface, Access the Use Existing List
feature with the Alt+m,R,E key tip. Then browse for your list. Finally,
access the Edit Repient List with the Alt+M,D key tip. Did Microsoft expose
the controls of this interface? How can I confirm this with the FSUIA
object?
Finally, How will JAWS know when this interface has focus so that it can
react automatically?
Thanks so much.
Paul
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