This article is for people who use a screen reader program such as Windows Narrator, JAWS, or NVDA with Windows tools or features and Microsoft 365 products. This article is part of the Accessibility help & learning content set where you can find more accessibility information on our apps. For general help, visit Microsoft Support.
Important: Delve is retiring in December 2024. You can find similar features in other Microsoft apps. To make your transition off Delve as smooth as possible, we recommend you explore alternative options to Delve in Microsoft 365.
Office Delve includes accessibility features that make it easier to use for people with disabilities. For example, people who are blind or have low vision can use screen readers to have information about the user interface (UI) read aloud to them. People who have limited mobility can use keyboard shortcuts instead of a mouse. This article covers accessibility features available in Delve.
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For more information about Delve, see What is Office Delve?. For information about the Microsoft 365 subscription plans that include Delve, see What you need to get Delve.
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To learn more about screen readers, go to How screen readers work with Microsoft 365.
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When you use Delve on the web, we recommend that you use Microsoft Edge.
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Understand the main components of Delve
Delve surfaces personalized content that’s based on what you’re working on and who you're working with in Microsoft 365. You can use Delve to discover documents that's likely to be most interesting to you right now.
In Delve, documents are shown as content cards. The information on a content card can help you understand why a document would be interesting or relevant to you.
Note: Delve only shows documents that you have permission to access. Your private files will not be shown to others. To learn more about privacy in Delve, see Are my documents safe in Office Delve?.
Get oriented: Overview of the Delve user interface
If you’re a person who is blind or has low vision, or if you have limited mobility, you can move forward through the elements in Delve by using the Tab key. To move backward, press Shift+Tab. When you find the element you want, select it by pressing Enter.
The following table describes the main UI elements in Delve:
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Area of the UI |
Elements in the Delve UI |
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Top left: Microsoft 365 navigational links |
Note: The first two elements are common for all Microsoft 365 web applications. |
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Top right: Microsoft 365 information |
Note: These elements are common for all Microsoft 365 web applications. |
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Left: Delve main navigation |
The Delve main navigation area has the following elements:
In the lower left corner, below the main navigation items, there is the Are my documents safe in Delve? link. |
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Content card |
Each content card contains the following UI elements:
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Keyboard shortcuts in Delve
For a list of keyboard shortcuts that you can use in Delve, go to Keyboard shortcuts for Office Delve.
Technical support for customers with disabilities
Microsoft wants to provide the best possible experience for all our customers. If you have a disability or questions related to accessibility, please contact the Microsoft Disability Answer Desk for technical assistance. The Disability Answer Desk support team is trained in using many popular assistive technologies and can offer assistance in English, Spanish, French, and American Sign Language. Please go to the Microsoft Disability Answer Desk site to find out the contact details for your region.
If you are a government, commercial, or enterprise user, please contact the enterprise Disability Answer Desk.
