[nabs-l] google docs

[Chris Nusbaum]

Great=20ideas,=20Katie!=20By=20the=20way,=20where=20do=20I=20download=20Fir=
efox?

Chris=20Nusbaum

Sent=20from=20my=20BrailleNote

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Katie=20Wang=20<bunnykatie6 at gmail.com
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20sent:=20Mon,=2026=20Mar=202012=2014:51:09=20-0400
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20google=20docs

Hi=20Ashley,

Google=20Docs=20is=20a=20popular=20file-sharing=20tool=20tied=20to=20your=20=
Google
account.=20=20Once=20you=20create=20a=20file=20on=20Google=20Docs=20(Word=20=
documents,=20
Excel
spreadsheets,=20or=20PowerPoint=20presentations),=20you=20can=20share=20it=
=20with=20
a
group=20of=20people=20by=20their=20email=20addresses,=20who=20can=20then=20=
edit=20or=20
comment
on=20your=20work.=20=20You=20are=20right=20that=20it=20is=20=20currently=20=
inaccessible=20
in
Internet=20Explorer,=20although=20I=20have=20heard=20that=20it=20now=20work=
s=20with=20
JAWS
in=20Firefox.=20=20I'm=20also=20aware=20that=20Google=20is=20working=20on=20=
improving=20
the
accessibility=20of=20their=20various=20products,=20although=20I'm=20not=20s=
ure=20
how
much=20progress=20they=20have=20made=20so=20far.

For=20the=20purpose=20of=20your=20class,=20it=20might=20be=20worthwhile=20f=
or=20you=20to=20
check
if=20Google=20Docs=20indeed=20works=20in=20Firefox,=20especially=20consider=
ing=20
that
the=20browser=20is=20free=20and=20fairly=20easy=20to=20install.=20=20If=20t=
hat=20route=20
does=20not
work,=20you=20may=20need=20to=20talk=20to=20your=20instructor/classmates=20=
to=20work=20
out
an=20alternative=20solution.=20=20What=20do=20you=20mostly=20use=20Google=20=
Docs=20for=20
in
your=20class?=20If=20the=20work=20mostly=20involves=20peer=20editing=20in=20=
a=20small=20
group
(which=20sounds=20like=20what=20you=20are=20describing),=20perhaps=20you=20=
could=20
talk=20to
your=20fellow=20editing=20group=20members=20to=20see=20if=20you=20could=20a=
ll=20email=20
around
your=20assignments=20and=20add=20comments=20directly=20in=20Microsoft=20Wor=
d.=20=20A
similar,=20but=20perfectly=20accessible,=20alternative=20to=20Google=20Docs=
=20is
Dropbox,=20a=20desktop=20client=20that=20also=20allows=20you=20to=20share=20=
files=20
with
others,=20so=20that=20might=20be=20something=20worth=20considering=20as=20w=
ell.=20=20
Hope
this=20helps!

Katie

On=203/26/12,=20Ashley=20Bramlett=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net>=20wrote:
=20Hi=20all,

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

=20I=20realize=20it=20is=20inaccessible=20to=20us.=20=20How=20do=20you=20ge=
t=20around=20that?=20
Do=20you=20write
=20assignments=20in=20word=20and/or=20email?
=20I=20ask=20because=20I=20encountered=20google=20docs=20in=20our=20online=
=20class=20when=20
we=20were
=20supposed=20to=20comment=20on=20introductions=20for=20articles.
=20Obviously,=20I=20couldn=92t=20read=20the=20comments.=20=20Jaws=20only=20=
read=20names=20
of=20classmates,
=20not=20text.
=20So=20I=92ll=20have=20to=20have=20=20a=20sighted=20reader=20and=20hand=20=
in=20my=20comments=20
on=20paper.

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

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