[Athen] Box.com accessibility

[Heidi Scher]

Hi Patrick,

Thanks for the information. I think they have made some headway on
increasing access. But I have a feeling they may not quite be "there" yet.

Kind regards,
Heidi

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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
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On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Patrick Burke <burke at ucla.edu> wrote:


> Hi Heidi,

>

> Information approaching a year old, but I tested Box with marginal

> success. The basic file copying feature was screenreader-accessible, but

> none of the share-with-other-users functions worked for me. The entire help

> system was contained in overlays that were not detected by screen readers.

>

> Some of the plugins worked better (for MS Word & Outlook, for example).

> They have a universe of plugins, which is nice if you need to integrate

> with a specific program. However if you get too many of them, then you end

> up with a ton of things all trying to autoupdate, etc...

>

> I had zero luck with the Box iOS app, but that may have been me/my old

> phone at the time.

>

> I hope things have improved. Haven't heard anything that would indicate

> so...

>

> Patrick

>

> At 07:01 AM 1/16/2015, Heidi Scher wrote:

>

>> Happy semester to everyone!Â

>>

>>

>> 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

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

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