[humanser] Google docs

[Dr. Mary Chappell]

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
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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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Kaiti Shelton
University of Dayton-Music Therapy
President, Ohio Association of Blind Students 2013-Present Secretary, The
National Federation of the Blind Performing Arts Division 2015-2016

"You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back!"

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