[humanser] Google docs

Sun Aug 2 00:11:36 UTC 2015

Glad I could be of some help. I'm not too thrilled with learning technology either but I'm getting better and I'm a lot younger than you.

Ericka
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> On Jul 30, 2015, at 11:38 PM, Dr. Mary Chappell via humanser <humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Ericka,
> Thanks for that... You did ease my mind.
> Mary
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> via humanser
> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 1:14 PM
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> Cc: Brl2014!; David Andrews
> Subject: Re: [humanser] Google docs
> 
> To alleviate your fears Mary, it uses jaws commands so you aren't learning
> something brand-new.
> 
> Ericka
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>>> On Jul 29, 2015, at 7:00 PM, David Andrews via humanser
>> <humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> NVDA is a free, open source screen reader, similar to JAWS, 
>> Window-Eyes, etc. It stands for NonVisual Desktop Access and can be 
>> found at www.nvaccess.org
>> 
>> It is a good program and will sometimes work when one of the others
> doesn't.
>> 
>> Dave
>> 
>> At 10:28 PM 7/26/2015, you wrote:
>>> Kaiti,
>>> I am not familiar with  NVDA. Please elaborate. I am truly being 
>>> introduced to a new world as you share. I too, like you, have my 
>>> resistance issues and points of denial to protect the status quo. I 
>>> think to myself, "I have no time to learn anything new and, if Google 
>>> was more pro-active in the accessibility arena this wouldn't be an 
>>> issue." You express the truest truth, I need to engage and learn this 
>>> new way to open my world that much farther. Thank you. I am going to try
> it now.
>>> Mary Tatum Chappell
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
>>> Kaiti Shelton via humanser
>>> Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 10:49 PM
>>> To: Human Services Division Mailing List
>>> Cc: Kaiti Shelton
>>> Subject: Re: [humanser] Google docs
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> Google docs works best with NVDA and the Mozilla Firefox Browser.
>>> Google docs does take some time to get used to, but it is accessible 
>>> if you use the recommended browser-screenreader combination and 
>>> reference their screenreader help guide for hot key and shortcut
> commands.
>>> 
>>> You can download both Firefox and NVDA easily enough if you don't 
>>> already have them installed.  Both are free and should come up with a 
>>> simple google search.  The google screenreader guide can be found at:
>>> https://support.google.com/docs/answer/1632201?hl=en
>>> 
>>> While I certainly sympathize with the thought that it is annoying to 
>>> have to switch browsers and screenreaders to access docs, I can say 
>>> that since I stopped being stubborn so many doors have opened up for 
>>> me.  I wouldn't use google docs for years on the grounds that it was 
>>> inaccessible; I didn't want to switch from using JAWS with IE because 
>>> Google should have universal accessibility, and I didn't want to have 
>>> to learn commands just for Google Docs that I didn't already know because
> I didn't have the time to do so.
>>> Since I did stop working under these notions I have found Google Docs 
>>> to be worth the effort.
>>> It is by no means perfect and I'm also by no means a whiz at it, but 
>>> I can at least access and edit docs a little now.
>>> 
>>> I hope this helps.
>>> 
>>>> On 7/26/15, Michael Abell via humanser <humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> Yes,
>>>>      You can also copy and paste into Word and other programs from 
>>>> the printed document. I use this when I have a document that I 
>>>> cannot use traditional OCR.
>>>> 
>>>> Dog
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of JD 
>>>> Townsend via humanser
>>>> Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 12:27 PM
>>>> To: Human Services Division Mailing List
>>>> Cc: JD Townsend
>>>> Subject: Re: [humanser] Google docs
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> The Freedom Inport Printer can be located in the print menu, along 
>>>> with your print output printer, but it does not work as they do.  
>>>> It "prints" out speech.  Within the document you may pause, copy or 
>>>> work within the document, even save it.
>>>> 
>>>> Best of luck.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Dr. Mary Chappell via humanser
>>>> Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 12:45 PM
>>>> To: 'Human Services Division Mailing List'
>>>> Cc: Dr. Mary Chappell
>>>> Subject: [humanser] Google docs
>>>> 
>>>> Good afternoon Federation family,
>>>> 
>>>> First, I want to say thank you for all that offered insight to my 
>>>> struggles with JAWS 16 and OCR issues. Now I have another access 
>>>> dilemma. I receive Google docs and Kendall gift forwards for 
>>>> scholarly review or shared access.
>>>> I am not finding that I am able to successfully access these 
>>>> documents for reading. Maybe something opens but, no configuration 
>>>> of key combinations or efforts of going in and out to redirect 
>>>> cursor view works in getting me to the info. Any ideas?
>>>> 
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