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Date: | Wed, 8 Apr 2020 20:24:36 -0700 |
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Hi All,
Basically, I think I'm asking how autocomplete works in the recipient
field for Outlook.
We use Outlook at work. In most cases, someone's email address is the
first letter of the first name followed by the complete last name:
Charley Brown would be [log in to unmask] When my sighted colleagues
want to email a person, they type all or part of the last name, then
choose from a dropdown of some sort.
How does that work when you're using a screen reader, specifically
Narrator?
The version of Windows 10 that is used at work is a couple of years old,
2017 or 2018. I use it with Narrator. Caps+tab is the command you use to
know where focus is. I point this out because the command is now caps+i
and because the version of Narrator on the system is buggy enough for me
to wonder if the problem I'm having is related to the screen reader or not.
When I type text into the To field, I don't get spoken feedback with the
say-line command, but I do get spoken feedback with the left/right-arrow
keys. So I type the email address. Then when I'm done, I left-arrow to
make sure I typed it correctly. If I tab to something else (e.g., the
Subject field), then shift+tab back to the To field, I find the email
address I typed asĀ a button with the recipient's first and last name.
What I'm thinking is that I entered an address that is in the
directory/contacts.
How do I access the dropdown my colleagues are using? Do I just
down-arrow? Is there any spoken feedback with say-line, or do I need to
left/right-arrow?
Any wisdom would be appreciated.
Ciao
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