[nabs-l] Google Docs

[Joe Orozco]

Marc and others,

Basically, OffiSync creates an additional menu on the menu bar.  You can
choose to save the document as you go through that menu.  I've sang the
praises to the company for being so accessible.  They loved it and now know
blind folk, or at least one, is using their product.  The only thing I do
online is to create folders.

Joe

"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves,
some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing 

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org 
[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Marc Workman
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 6:44 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Google Docs

I tried using Google Docs, admittedly somewhat briefly, but I 
wasn't able to 
get anywhere with it.  Asking about it on various lists didn't 
turn up very 
much either except Joe had a tip about syncing files that I 
haven't tested 
out.

There are other options.  Dropbox is one, and I recently 
supervised some 
undergraduate interns, and the entire team used something 
called PBWorks. 
Unless your prof is familiar with these options, he or she isn't likely 
going to want to switch, and they aren't quite designed to do 
the exact same 
things as google docs anyway.

Personally, if I found myself in your situation, I would create my own 
spreadsheet and send the grades to my prof.  I can understand 
how google 
docs saves some time if you are supervising several teaching 
assistants, but 
it would take very little time for your prof or one of the other TAs to 
enter your information into the google spreadsheet.

Long term, though, I hope the NFB is talking to google about 
these tools 
because there use is likely only to increase.

Best,

Marc
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Katie Wang" <bunnykatie6 at gmail.com>
To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 3:15 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] Google Docs


> Hello, all,
>  I believe that this topic has come up on the list before, but does
> anyone have experience working with Google Docs using JAWS? Are most
> of the features accessible? Are there any particular tips/strategies
> to make it work better with the screen reader? I'm a teaching
> assistant for an introductory psychology course this semester, and the
> instructor has created a spreadsheet on Google Docs for us to enter
> grades. I looked at it briefly but was a bit confused about how it
> works. Any help would be much appreciated!
>   Katie
>
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