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Administrator Guide to Accessibility
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Google Apps Services & Accessibility
Alternative ways to interact with Gmail and Contacts
Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook This is a Microsoft Outlook plug-in that lets you
use Microsoft Outlook as a client for Google Apps email, calendar, and contacts. Email,
calendar events (including recurring meetings), and contacts are all synchronized between
Google Apps and Microsoft Outlook.
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Help and information for administrators:
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Help and information for end users:
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Download Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook:
Note: Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook isn’t supported for Mac. Microsoft Outlook
for Mac doesn’t support the Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI), which
is required for Google Apps Sync to communicate with Outlook. This Outlook limitation
makes a Mac-compatible version of Google Apps Sync infeasible.
POP and IMAP This option allows your users to continue accessing their email in their
familiar email client. To enable/disable POP and IMAP access, follow the instructions at
Note: At this time, it’s not possible to enable IMAP while using the basic HTML interface
). Please use the
standard view to see this option.
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Gmail Chat: The chat feature built directly into the Gmail interface is not accessible.
We recommend using the Miranda client for Windows 7 JAWS users.
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Settings: These pages are not yet optimized for screen readers.
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Use of color to convey information: In some cases Gmail uses color to convey
information to show when an email has been read and to indicate which words have
spelling errors. That information is not currently available to assistive technology
users.
VPAT documentation
Gmail VPAT documentation: