[nabs-l] google docs

[Chris Nusbaum]

Hi=20Ashley,

Yes,=20Google=20Docs=20is=20inaccessible=20at=20the=20moment;=20NFB=20is=20=
working=20
with=20Google=20to=20fix=20that.=20=20Basically,=20it=20is=20an=20alternati=
ve=20to=20
Microsoft=20Word=20which=20allows=20you=20to=20write=20and=20edit=20documen=
ts=20as=20
well=20as=20send=20them=20to=20people,=20i.e.=20=20your=20professor,=20from=
=20within=20
the=20program.=20=20I=20would=20do=20what=20you=20suggest;=20that=20is,=20w=
rite=20the=20
document=20in=20Word,=20then=20send=20it=20as=20an=20email=20attachment=20t=
o=20your=20
professor.

Chris=20Nusbaum

Sent=20from=20my=20BrailleNote

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20"Ashley=20Bramlett"=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20sent:=20Mon,=2026=20Mar=202012=2014:07:18=20-0400
Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20google=20docs

Hi=20all,

Well,=20I=20have=20a=20hybrid=20class=20for=20english;=20that=20means=20hal=
f=20online=20
work=20and=20half=20in=20class=20meetings.
What=20exactly=20is=20google=20docs=20and=20how=20does=20it=20work?
Do=20you=20attach=20documents=20to=20it=20or=20something?

I=20realize=20it=20is=20inaccessible=20to=20us.=20=20How=20do=20you=20get=20=
around=20that?=20
Do=20you=20write=20assignments=20in=20word=20and/or=20email?
I=20ask=20because=20I=20encountered=20google=20docs=20in=20our=20online=20c=
lass=20when=20
we=20were=20supposed=20to=20comment=20on=20introductions=20for=20articles.
Obviously,=20I=20couldn=E2=80=99t=20read=20the=20comments.=20=20Jaws=20only=
=20read=20names=20
of=20classmates,=20not=20text.
So=20I=E2=80=99ll=20have=20to=20have=20=20a=20sighted=20reader=20and=20hand=
=20in=20my=20comments=20
on=20paper.

And=20most=20importantly,=20has=20either=20consumer=20advocacy=20group=20do=
ne=20
anything=20about=20this=20lack=20of=20accessibility?=20I=20fail=20to=20see=
=20how=20
blind=20students=20take=20online=20classes=20with=20so=20much=20inaccesssib=
ility.
PDFS,=20flash=20based=20content,=20multi=20media=20presentations=20and=20um=
=20now=20
google=20docs=20are=20just=20a=20few=20accessibility=20challenges=20in=20th=
e=20online=20
class=20experience.

Ashley
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