Microsoft Accessibility Feedback
Welcome to Microsoft’s Accessibility Feedback forum. We are very interested in learning more about what products, features, and tools will delight our customers. Please share your ideas with us and remember to vote for ideas posted by others that you also think are great.
If you accidentally came here in need of technical support, please reach out to our Microsoft Disability Answer Desk team
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Narrator
have bitlocker make a couple of beeps or something similar so blind users know when to enter the password to move on to the user logon screen.
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Narrator
Create a keyboard command in narrator to turn on and off the screen.
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create themes in word and PowerPoint that meet the accessibility guidelines for font size and color contrast.
Create Accessible themes, templates in MS word and PowerPoint. And then call the theme Accessible or Low Vision or something that lets people easily find it.
6 votesHello Patricia,
Thank you for reaching out to us about your concern. Be advised that other customers have contacted us about issues related to this situation. Our engineering teams are actively looking into this and changes are in the works.
Having said that, we are always interested in how we can improve out products’ accessibility. Therefore if you have specifics on what you think needs improvement, such as the product being used, scenario in which the problem occurrs, or suggestion on improvements to the specific user interface elements, or specific features, please let us know.
Again, thank you for reaching out to us as we are here to assist in any way possible with accessibility needs.
Sincerely,
The Microsoft Disability answer Desk team.
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Windows 10 advanced startup options completely unusable if you use screen reader. This means you cannot boot in to the new accessible winre
There could be times when you want to boot in to winre even when windows starts normally. Maybe you have virus or something you can't uninstall. You have a clean backup of your system and to restore it you need to get in to winre. It seems there is no way of doing this if you use a screen reader because you have to go through the advanced startup options screen and it is totally unusable to people who use screen readers. Can we have some method of rebooting to winre that is accessible with a screen reader.
2 votesHello,
Thanks for contating us about your issue. Can you give us more information with regards to the scren reader you are using, including screen reader version and what specifically you are trying to do when rebooting the ystem.
Thanks for contacting us and letting us help you with your situation.
Sicnerely,
The Microsoft Disability Answer Desk team.
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Add Windows Explorer to the dark mode apps.
I would like to use the aero themes but have the Explorer work inverted (white on black or dark gray.) I am visually imperiled and the white background hurts my eyes to look at.
3 votesHello Grant,
This is a very good suggestion as File Explorer is a core part of Windows. We will forward this on to our product manager to get this implimented and let you know when this is available.
Again, tahnk you for contacting us, and if we can be of further assistance, please feel free to reach out to us.
Sincerely,
The Microsoft Disability Answer Desk team.
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Make high contrast theme window border colors customizable
When you enable high contrast themes the window border colors should be customizable. I don't want to be forever stuck with royal blue, cyan blue or dark purple window borders. Also, add a few more colors to the color picker.
4 votesHello Liahna,
Thank you for contacting us about this suggestion. I believe this is a part of some of the contrast customization upgrades that are coming in a futre release. I’m checking with one of the product managers to confirm this and will get back to you with any updates.
Tahk you for contacting us, and in the future, if there is something else we can do for you, please reach out to us.
Sincerely,
The Microsoft Disability answer Desk team.
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Have narrator Say end of list when rotating through the taskbar.
Have narrator Say end of list when rotating through the taskbar.
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Make the Go To command work better with Voiceover
This works with some options (for example, going to a bookmark in a Word file), but not others. For example, if I am on page one of a Word file, and ask to Go To page 2, then close the dialogue by pressing Escape, the insertion point remains on page one.
2 votesHello Mark,
Thank you for contacting us at the Disability Answer Desk with your suggestions. we apreciate the time and detail you’ve put into them. We will forward this on to our product managers for further consideration and will get back to you when a fix and or implimentation for these features is in place.
Thank you again for contacting us, and if there is anything further we can do for you,please feel free o reach out to us again.
Sincerely,
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bring back text/icon resizing
this screen, formerly located at: "Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Display" in the legacy Control Panel has been removed, and is also not represented in the Settings app menus (in the new Build 15019.rs_prerelease.170121-1513)
I NEED these options back. I am registered blind and always use Windows like this (larger text, turned bold for all elements - titlebars, message boxes, icons etc):
Image: http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img924/9568/SSXyGo.jpg
If this isn't fixed, I will be stuck on the old version of Win10 by disabling updates, which will eventually not be supported, meaning I will then be forced back onto Win8. Please stop changing,…
16 votesHello Karl,
Thank you for alerting us with this issue. You’re correct inthat without the resizing or font change option, it can make it difficult to see the desktop icons. Therefor, I’ll forward this on to our product managers to get this issue raised and possibly resolved.
Again, thank you for reaching out to us about this.
Sincerely,
The Microsoft Disability answer Desk team.
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give example of programs where are multi read it soulutions fails to improve under performance ?
give example of programs where are multi read it soulutions fails to improve under performance ?
3 votesHello,
We would be more than happy to assist you. However, we need more specifics as far as what operatiing system you are using, application, and accessibility tool, as well as the scenario that the proble is occurring. With that information, we can better assist you.
Thank you,
The Microsoft Disability Answer Desk team.
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PowerPoint Read Aloud
I am unable to find a way just to get the whole PowerPoint read to me. Thanks.
5 votesHi Les,
Thank you for reaching out to us about your issue. In order to help you out effectively, can you provide us with the following:
What version of PowerpOint are you using? Is it a part of Office 2016, or Office 365 online?
What screen reader are you using in order to read the presentations?
Also, what are the steps to reproduce your problem in detail?
We look forward to assisiting you with your issue; and in the future, if there is anything else we can help you with, please feel free to reach out to us.
Sincerely,
TheMicrosoft Disability Asnwer Desk team.
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Text selection commands don't work in Scan Mode
I have posted this to the Windows Insider Feedback Hub, but I thought it wouldn't hurt to post this here as well. When reading text in Scan Mode, it is impossible to use standard Windows text selection commands to select text. This would be very useful in all sorts of places. For example, I could select and copy the text from an error message or text from a website.
13 votesHi Chris,
Thank you for posting this here as we would be able to help with this suggestion. Can you tell us what software you’re using as well as the screen reader and what version?
Thank you,
The Microsoft Disability Answer Desk. -
Make Accessibility Checking As Ubiquitous As Spell Checking
Kudos for Moving your Accessibility Checker into the Review Ribbon it's a step forward.
How about having accessibility on by default like you have spelling and grammar checking.
Failing that can you make it available as an option to add to the Quck Access toolbar so that it is persistent. Out of sight is out of mind so I would suggest this small change to keep accessibility at the top of people's minds.
18 votesHello Neil,
Thank you very much for your suggestion. as you may know, we are working diligently to offer more accessibility functionality to our products.
What version of Word are you using? Is it Office 365, or 2016, or another version? Please let us know so we can forward your suggestions to the appropriate product team, so we may expedite your issue.
Thank you,
The Microsoft Disability Answer Desk team.
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fix broken links - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/safety/pc-security/spyware-prevent.aspx
fix broken links - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/safety/pc-security/spyware-prevent.aspx
2 votesHello,
Thank you for reaching out to us about this issue. ALthough we handle isssues, questions, and comments with regards to disabled people using our products, we will find the development team to fix this.
With that said, can you please give us the details as to how you navigated to this borken link? What page or pages were you coming from?
Thanks again,
The Microsoft Disability Answer Desk Team.
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Add a greater range of dwell times for the onscreen keyboard to increase speed
I type with a combination of a trackball and onscreen keyboard. However, I have to use a third party keyboard (which could go away at any time) because the dwell time on the Windows keyboard is excruciatingly slow even on the fastest (.5 s) setting. On the third party keyboard I can type almost instantly with a dwell time of 200 or 300 ms. Why not refine the range of dwell times?
7 votesHi Amy,
Thank you for contacting us at the Disability Answer Desk. This is a very interesting issue. However to help you further, we need further information regaring the third party software yo are using, on what oporating system, and application or applications you may be using as well.
Than you for reaching out to us, and we’ll do whatever possible to resolve your situation.
Sincerely,
The Microsoft Disability Answer Desk team.
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Side scroll bars need a resizing action for users with nerve damaged hands.
I have moderately damaged nerves in my right wrist that cause my 3 fingers on my hand to be drawn inward like a hook. On top of that, whenever I use that hand, I have micro spasms that give little jerking motions to my hand while trying to use a mouse which gives me limited control over the mouse pointer. Due to the spasming, smaller items are very difficult to use. Since the side scroll bars have been narrowed in your products, it is extremely difficult to use them with my condition. Adding a sizing function to allow widening the…
5 votesHello Lester,
Thank you for your input on this. We will forward this to one of our product managers to see if we can facilitate a solution for you regarding scroll bar size. Once we have more information, we’ll get back to you with further information.
Thank you for reaching out to us and if in the future we can be of further assistance, don’t hesitate to contact us.
Sincerely,
The Microsoft Disability Answer Desk team.
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Put the font size & font color control back into Outlook!
Not everyone has 20-20 vision. Some people need to make the letters bigger in email. Light grey color on white back ground is a nightmare! Also, if you want to make a big improvement.... give us the option to change this awful WHITE back ground into a softer color, so it isn't so ******* the eyes. This is just awful.
14 votesHello,
Thank you for reaching out to us at the Disability Answer Desk. This is something that we are currently working on and investigating solutions to improve contrast themes in our software. Our Project Managers are aware of this and we will get back to you as soon as there are more details available.
Again, thank you for reaching out to us. And if in the future, you have further issues, questions, or comments, please let us know.
Sincerely,
The Microsoft Disability Answer Desk Team.
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so i cant use this comkputer i have shares and loosing money because of this windows 10
cant do this know more jpoke 15 hrs a day for 6 months ive tryed t6o gtet this ******* windows 10 finished lost neally every cent 40000 dollars because ofv this
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zoom up to 125% view on my Outlook program, the text is too small. I can zoom the browser internet pages, so why can't I zoom the Outlook?
Have a zoom window option on Outlook Email
4 votesHello Suzee,
We appreciate you reaching out to us on this issue and would like to see if this can be resolved for you. Can you tell us the exact version of out look you are using and on what operating system?
Thank you,
The Microsoft Disability Answer desk team.
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The scan mode ought to switch on or off automatically depending on input field, e.g. switching off scan mode when encountering editable fiel
The scan mode ought to switch on or off automatically depending on input field, e.g. switching off scan mode when encountering editable field. I prefer Narrator handling web pages as is handled by System Access screen reader.
5 votesHello,
THank you for contacting us about this issue. We will forward this to the product manager in charge of Narrator to see if we can get a fix implimented for you.
One question: Are you experinencing this with only one browser such as IE 11 or Edge?
Again, thank you for reaching out to us about this as it’s our missionto help those with disabilities use our products more effectively.
Sincerely,
The Microsoft Disability Answer Desk team.
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