Microsoft Lync 2010 Accessibility

re: Microsoft Lync 2010 Accessibility

Carin — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:14:22 GMT

Oh dear. Did it eat half my comment?

I tried to say that I'm not finding that JAWS is reading messages automatically. And I don't know what you mean about set accessibility description. I consider myself to be a decent JAWS user. I'm using JAWS 14 and Lync 4.7577.4356 is that the latest version?

re: Microsoft Lync 2010 Accessibility

Carin — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:09:28 GMT

Hi. Thanks for the blog post. I'm using a screen reader, and have not noticed any of my

re: Microsoft Lync 2010 Accessibility

Lynn J — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:57:43 GMT

Some people on my team have their Lync messages popup right on the screen and I do not. They all want to know where I have set this and I have no idea why mine do not. It is preferred not to have them popup as people are able to read messages that come across during meetings and it distracts others. Where can they turn off this setting when our machines are locked down and we have no admin access?

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Ben — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:44:55 GMT

Is it possible to integrate Microsoft Lync with a textphone application for the hard of hearing / deaf people who cannot communicate over the telephone? This would remove the need for a separate textphone or minicom required to do so.

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Rune Schjølberg — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:53:07 GMT

How about making different skins for Lync that makes it possible to change sizes of windows, call signals etc.? One particular need: A large (screen filling) symbol indicating incoming calls. Not focusing on the screen while sitting in a noisy working environment has resulted in a number of lost calls.

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Guillermo - ITSanchez — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:10:51 GMT

Hi all I need to restrict incoming calls to lync users I have a single channel integration with asterisk and send calls come one after another for now I'm using SIP softphones but I prefer everything to be with lync can someone help?

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Alex — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 01:55:55 GMT

Same issue as Jess - the white stands out like a sore thumb on my darker theme. It actually makes my eyes hurt a bit. There's also a severe lack of consistency in the widgets used with half of them using my system colours and the other half being hard-coded white. This is A) ugly, and B) unprofessional. Looks very unfinished. Why is there this horrible trend these days to completely ignore the system colours?!

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Juliet — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:37:10 GMT

If only Lync actually did work with Windows High Contrast #2, that would be wonderful. I tried changing the font color in both the screen to send a message and in the options, and all I get is black on black no matter what color I choose. So much for using IM with the high contrast setting.

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Jess Simpson — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:54:04 GMT

Our copmany rolled out Lync 2010 for us today and my big question is there a way to change the theme to something more subdued such as the black theme for Office 2010? The Silver is very bright.

re: Microsoft Lync 2010 Accessibility

Pooja Malpani — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:33:04 GMT

Christoff, you can change the size of your display to be 1 of 5 sizes - so it may or may not satisfy your requirements. In a conversation window, try View menu under the top file menu bar. There is an option for IM text display size. This changes the dispaly size of your IM history only and not the size of the IM that the remote party receives. Also if you want to change the size of the text entered in Im input region, you can select the text and hit Ctrl+Shift+'>' to see it larger. Again its only a choice of 5 sizes, so it may or may not help with your specific scenario.

Mary: Its great to hear that the school is deploying Lync. Unfortunately, the IM screen reader support is minimal in Lync 2010 with window eyes. However, the upcoming release in 2012 should have more extensive screen reader support around IM for multiple screen readers including jaws and window eyes. Please share any feedback/questions you have as your school deploys and tries Lync for their communication.