Use a screen reader to explore and navigate the Office app Technical support for customers with disabilities To return to the Actions menu, swipe down-then-left. You hear: "Alert, do you want to close the session?" Swipe right until you hear "Yes," and double-tap the screen. To exit the text view, swipe down-then-left. You can now paste and edit the text where you want to use it, for example, an email message, a note, or a PowerPoint slide. To copy the text, swipe right until you hear "Copy text," and double-tap the screen. Once the text has been extracted, you hear: "Text extracted from image." To have TalkBack read the text, swipe right. The Office app starts to process the image. Once you're done, swipe right until you hear "Confirm," and double-tap the screen. You may need someone to help you with this step. Swipe right until you find the crop handle you want to use, then double-tap and hold the screen, and slide your finger to adjust the cropping area. You hear: "Crop image." You can now crop the image if needed to only show the text in the image. Locate the picture and double-tap the screen to select it. You may be prompted to allow the app to access your images. If the picture is not in the gallery, swipe right until you hear "Import," and double-tap the screen. To select an existing picture, swipe right until you hear "Gallery thumbnail," followed by the name of the picture you want, and double-tap the screen. If you're prompted to allow the app to take pictures and record video, swipe right until you hear "Allow," and double-tap the screen. In the Office app, swipe down-then-up to move the focus moves to the navigation bar at the bottom of the screen. Use a screen reader to explore and navigate the Office app
Learn the layout of the Office app with a screen reader Set up your device to work with accessibility in Office 365īasic tasks using a screen reader with the Office app Use a screen reader to work with PDFs in the Office app Use a screen reader to convert images into tables in the Office App To return to the Actions menu, double-tap the screen. You hear: "Alert, discard text?" Swipe right until you hear "Yes," and double-tap the screen. To exit the text view, swipe right until you hear "Close," and double-tap the screen. Swipe left until you hear "Save," and double-tap the screen. Swipe right until you find the location you want, and double-tap to select it. Swipe right until you hear "Save to Files," and double-tap the screen. If you want to save the extracted text for later, swipe right until you hear "Share," and double-tap the screen. You can now paste and edit the text, fill in the recipients, and send your message. Swipe right until you reach the app where you want to share the text, and double-tap the screen. To share the text straight from the app, for example in Microsoft Teams, swipe right until you hear "Share," and double-tap the screen. You can now paste and edit the text where you want to use it, for example, in an email message, a note, or a PowerPoint slide. To copy, share, or save the extracted text, do one of the following: Once the text has been extracted, you hear an audio cue and the first line of the extracted text. Once you're done, swipe right until you hear "Done," and double-tap the screen.
You hear: "Top left corner." You can now crop the image if needed to only show the text in the image. If the picture is not in the gallery, swipe right until you hear "Choose photo from library," and double-tap the screen. To select an existing picture, swipe right until you hear "Gallery," followed by the name of the picture you want, and double-tap the screen. To take a picture with your device camera, point the camera toward the text you want to capture, swipe right until you hear "Capture," and double-tap the screen. Swipe left until you hear "Image to text," and double-tap the screen.
Swipe left or right until you hear "Actions," and double-tap the screen. The focus moves to the navigation bar at the bottom of the screen. In the Office app, tap near the bottom of the screen with four fingers. You can do this in the Office app settings. Note: To use the Office app to take a picture, you need to allow the app to access your camera.