Hi Andrew, We use it but not really using the teams side of it yet, only really for chats. I find the best thing to do is to tab to the toolbar and arrow up or down to the tab I need e.g. chats, teams, etc. The activity tab will tell you if you've been tagged in a message, etc. When arrowing up and down the teams and channels tree view it will tell you if a channel has unread messages. You can navigate and perform actions by using "/" in the search box, if you use "/key" it will give you a list of keyboard shortcuts (I've pasted below). Been using it for a while now if you need any more info let me know. Close Keyboard shortcuts Keyboard language is: English (United States) General Show keyboard shortcuts Ctrl. Go to Search CtrlE Show commands Ctrl/ Open filter CtrlShiftF Goto CtrlG Open apps flyout Ctrl` Start new chat CtrlN Open Settings Ctrl, Open Help F1 Close Escape Zoom in Ctrl= Zoom out Ctrl- Reset zoom level Ctrl0 Navigation Open Activity Ctrl1 Open Chat Ctrl2 Open Teams Ctrl3 Open Calendar Ctrl4 Open Calls Ctrl5 Open Files Ctrl6 Open Shifts Ctrl7 Go to previous list item Alt↑ Go to next list item Alt↓ Move selected team up CtrlShift↑ Move selected team down CtrlShift↓ Go to previous section CtrlShiftF6 Go to next section CtrlF6 Messaging Go to compose box C Expand compose box CtrlShiftX Send (expanded compose box) CtrlEnter Attach file CtrlO Start new line ShiftEnter Reply to thread R Meetings, Calls and Calendar Accept video call CtrlShiftA Accept audio call CtrlShiftS Decline call CtrlShiftD Start audio call CtrlShiftC Start video call CtrlShiftU Toggle mute CtrlShiftM Start screen share session CtrlShiftE Toggle video CtrlShiftO Go to sharing toolbar CtrlShiftSpace Decline screen share CtrlShiftD Accept screen share CtrlShiftA Toggle background blur CtrlShiftP Schedule a meeting AltShiftN Go to current time Alt. Go to previous day/week CtrlAlt← Go to next day/week CtrlAlt→ View day CtrlAlt1 View work week CtrlAlt2 View week CtrlAlt3 See shortcuts for all platforms Office Accessibility Centre Cheers, Kieran Kieran Little IT Apprentice (Solution Design Assurance) Information Services Northumberland County Council County Hall Morpeth NE61 2EF Service desk: 01670 627004 Direct: 01670 623699 Mobile: 07966325130 Email: kieran.little@northumberland.gov.uk Website: www.northumberland.gov.uk -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Hodgson Sent: 07 January 2020 15:19 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Microsoft Teams help Hi, Moving from Slack to Teams. Am getting on with the interface but wondered if anyone else was using it? I am members of a few different teams and I am struggling to work out what I need to read or not at the start of the day, i.e, unread messages. Also I am not sure exactly what is going on in the left hand pane where I can switch between teams and direct messages. Any idea of the best way of doing this? Thanks. Andrew. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave@lists.hodgsonfamily.org Save Time Do It Online! We have made a few key improvements to our site to make our services easy to access. Now you can do everything from paying your council tax, to reporting a faulty street light online. Go to: www.northumberland.gov.uk and click 'pay, apply or report' to access the relevant forms. This email is intended solely for the individual or individuals to whom it is addressed, and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this email is prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please contact the sender and delete the email from any computer. All email communication may be subject to recording and/or monitoring in accordance with internal policy and relevant legislation. [Northumberland County Council]

Hi Andrew, I use Teams 8 hours a day and I have gotten used to it by now. I also came from Slack and there are a few things that I sorely miss. Like take me to the next channel that has unread messages. Nope, Teams does not do that. You can go to the next channel regardless of having unread messages in there or not. I can share some tips with you offline that may be helpful to you depending on how you use Teams. The way we use Team may be different then your needs. So drop me a note offline and we'll set a time where we can chat and I will try to help. Regards, -- *******************  German Fermin -----Original Message----- From: Timothy Spaulding Sent: Tuesday, January 7, 2020 8:42 AM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: Microsoft Teams help Hi Andrew, Most of what I am about to share is from memory since I haven't used Teams in a few months. You can switch between the different navigation/view area with control+ <number>; these are the items in the app bar * 1 = activity view: this shows you activity items, both chat and teams where you have been directly mentioned and/or someone has responded to something in a channel/conversation where you have posted. * 2 = Chats: this is you 1:1 conversations with another person--you can think of this as IM chats * 3 = Teams: this is where you find the different teams/channels of conversations * 4 = Calendar * 5 = Calls: (if you have this integration) For the Chat and Teams view, there is a pane (I think of the left side) that changes contents based on the navigation/view. For Chats, this would be a list of people you have had a specific Chat/IM like conversation; This is a tree view where you can have favorites pinned at the top. The Teams navigation/view is a list of Team names that can be expanded to see the different channels in that team. All Teams have a default channel named General. By default as of late 2019, JAWS will turn off the virtual cursor when in Teams; so you can use the F6/Shift F6 to navigate the larger areas--App bar, Conversation/teams area, messages area, and I think one more. The search/edit box at the top is where you can put in quick commands and you can use either / or /? To bring up a list of quick commands (not remembering the exact keystroke at present). I hope this is a little helpful. Tim -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Hodgson Sent: Tuesday, January 7, 2020 10:19 AM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Microsoft Teams help Hi, Moving from Slack to Teams. Am getting on with the interface but wondered if anyone else was using it? I am members of a few different teams and I am struggling to work out what I need to read or not at the start of the day, i.e, unread messages. Also I am not sure exactly what is going on in the left hand pane where I can switch between teams and direct messages. Any idea of the best way of doing this? Thanks. Andrew. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave@lists.hodgsonfamily.org _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave@lists.hodgsonfamily.org