Re: microsoft outlook web access
- From: "Allison Mervis" <allisonfm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 09:23:00 -0400
Thanks! I'll try your suggestions.
Allison
----- Original Message -----
From: "Griffiths, Steve" <Steve.Griffiths@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 4:24 AM
Subject: RE: microsoft outlook web access
> Alison,
>
> One option that might be available and useful to you is the Outlook
> Mobile Access (OMA) interface instead of the Outlook Web Access (OWA)
> interface. At my work I get to the latter by using an URL that ends in
> /exchange. If I substitute /oma for that, I get a much simplified screen
> that consists only of links and text, and thus is much easier to
> navigate with JAWS. I haven't worked with it much but I have noticed
> that it cannot deal with message attachments, unread messages are
> indicated with an asterisk and there are no shortcut keys for things
> like reply or forward. I have asked our computer people if anyone who
> has OWA also has OMA and they don't know, so I can't say for sure that
> this option will be available for you.
>
> Another possibility is to use a web browser other than a recent version
> of Internet Explorer. I have noticed, for instance, that Mozilla Firefox
> automatically shows the Basic interface for OWA. Unfortunately, Firefox
> isn't easily usable with JAWS, and I haven't identified a version of a
> browser that both gives the basic interface and works well with JAWS.
> Someone else may know of such a beast.
>
> ---
> Steve Griffiths,
> IT Trainer, Access Technology Support Unit
> Royal National Institute of the Blind
> 105 Judd Street
> London WC1H 9NE
> Tel: 020 7391 2232
> Email: steve.griffiths@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Fax: 020 7383 2034
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Allison Mervis
> Sent: Friday, 27 May 2005 20:04
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: microsoft outlook web access
>
> Hi all!
> I use Microsoft outlook's web interface to check my college email
> through Internet Explorer. I don't have a choice in the matter since I'm
> home for the Summer. They only allow the use of regular outlook on
> network computers. However, I find the web interface to be very
> inaccessible. Jaws doesn't always read the subject and sender of the
> current message correctly, and the form field for typing a message seems
> to not exist. Any and all help would be most appreciated.
> Allison
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