[blindkid] Chrome books & braille displays

[Allison Hilliker]

Hi Holly,

Sorry for the late reply but I was doing research for you before answering. Unfortunately, Crome books do not yet work with Braille displays. They have a screen reader as you said, but no Braille support. Some Google products, like newer Android devices, do have Braille display support, but Crome books do not. I know that's got to be frustrating news for you and your son!

My friend's husband works for Google and I got this info from him. He knows about Braille displays and accessibility because his wife is blind and because he's worked on Google access projects before. 

It's always annoying when schools adopt inaccessible or partially inaccessible technology. Best of luck to you and your son.

Allison



-----Original Message-----
From: blindkid [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Holly Baker Miller
Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 8:15 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)
Subject: [blindkid] Chrome books & braille displays

Our school is starting to deploy Chromebooks more and more in the
classroom.  I'm trying to find out if they support use with a braille
display (specifically Humanware Brailliant)

 It does have a built in screen reader but the info I'm finding on line is
that it doesn't support a braille display.  Can anyone confirm/refute that?
 I've heard things through the NFB grapevine about issues with Google
products and accessibility but I'm unsure of the details.

So far it seems Hank has been managing it's use visually but it's still a
bit of a novelty and managing isn't necessarily the same as appropriate.

Thanks!
Holly
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