[Athen] Box.com accessibility

[Heidi Scher]

Hi Rachel,

Thanks so much for the info!  I greatly appreciate it! Please keep me (and
probably the whole list) up to date!

Kind regards,
Heidi

+++++++++++++++
Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC
Associate Director
Center for Educational Access
University of Arkansas
ARKU 104
Fayetteville, AR 72701
479.575.3104
479.575.7445 fax
479.575.3646 tdd
+++++++++++++++

On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 9:42 AM, Thompson, Rachel <rsthompson2 at ua.edu>
wrote:


> Hello again.

>

> Some updated information:

>

> "They¹ve made a little progress: there¹s now a KB article up about it, at

> https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/202660426-Using-a-box-com-for-Acc

> essibility, but it¹s fairly basic.

>

> There are also apparently some real missing features in a.box.com

> <http://a.box.com/>.  Specifically, one of our blind staffers told me

> recently that there¹s no way for her to accept the offer of a shared

> folder without wading into the main, non-accessible, Box UI.²

>

>

>

> Rachel

>

> Dr. Rachel S. Thompson

> Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility

> Center for Instructional Technology

> University of Alabama

> http://accessibility.ua.edu

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: <Thompson>, Rachel Thompson <rsthompson2 at ua.edu>

> Reply-To: "athen-list at u.washington.edu" <athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> Date: Friday, January 16, 2015 at 9:19 AM

> To: "athen-list at u.washington.edu" <athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> Subject: Re: [Athen] Box.com accessibility

>

> HI, Heidi!

>

> I am part of a Box Accessibility User Group. They launched a.box.com late

> last year and the vendor said the following about it:

>

> "The roll-out of the new

> m.box.com<http://m.box.com/><http://m.box.com<http://m.box.com/>> is

> continuing this week.

> A.box.com<http://a.box.com/><http://A.box.com<http://a.box.com/>> will be

> the final stage of the roll-out and we hope to have it live for all users

> in the coming weeks.   [It is now live ­rst]. Thanks for all the feedback

> and testing you¹ve done on the beta!  Here's a list of recent enhancements

> and fixes you should be already be seeing:

>

>  *   The User Settings menu is now accessible in a.box

>  *   A.box reflects localization settings

>  *   A.box now has the "Create Box Note" functionality

>  *   Users can now remove themselves from a folder

>  *   Misc. IE 8 issues have been addressed

> Again, your input has been crucial in helping us improve Box¹s

> accessibility for all usersŠ

> Please send any feedback

> accessibility-team at box.com<mailto:accessibility-team at box.com>.²

>

> One of my student workers is fully blind and uses Voiceover as his primary

> screenreader. He found the a.box.com interface a huge improvement over

> their main one. We did not test Sync installation. Several members of the

> Box a11y group have requested documentation (including VPATs for the Box

> tools) but those haven¹t been received. I¹ll revisit this with the vendor

> and share my response.

>

> HTH and TGIF!

> Rachel

>

> Dr. Rachel S. Thompson

> Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility

> Center for Instructional Technology

> University of Alabama

> http://accessibility.ua.edu

>

>

>

>

> From: Heidi Scher <hascherdss at gmail.com<mailto:hascherdss at gmail.com>>

> Reply-To:

> "athen-list at u.washington.edu<mailto:athen-list at u.washington.edu>"

> <athen-list at u.washington.edu<mailto:athen-list at u.washington.edu>>

> Date: Friday, January 16, 2015 at 9:01 AM

> To: "athen-list at u.washington.edu<mailto:athen-list at u.washington.edu>"

> <athen-list at u.washington.edu<mailto:athen-list at u.washington.edu>>

> Subject: [Athen] Box.com accessibility

>

> Happy semester to everyone!

>

> I recently was contacted by our IT department about Box.com. Has anyone

> tested accessibility with the web interface and the desktop sync? If so,

> I'm wondering what you may have discovered. Also, is the installation of

> the Box Sync accessible?

>

> Many thanks for any and all assistance!

>

> Heidi

>

> +++++++++++++++

> Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC

> Associate Director

> Center for Educational Access

> University of Arkansas

> ARKU 104

> Fayetteville, AR 72701

> 479.575.3104

> 479.575.7445 fax

> 479.575.3646 tdd

> +++++++++++++++

> _______________________________________________

> athen-list mailing list

> athen-list at mailman13.u.washington.edu

> http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list

>

> _______________________________________________

> athen-list mailing list

> athen-list at mailman13.u.washington.edu

> http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list

>

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/pipermail/athen-list/attachments/20150116/0cc89222/attachment.html>