[nabs-l] Quick help with Google docs

Fri Mar 15 16:14:21 UTC 2013

Hey everyone!
Has anyone tried using Chrome with ChromeVox to access Google Docs? I'm 
wondering if that might work a bit better since both are technologies 
Google has developed.
I haven't played around with this, but I really need to.
On 3/15/2013 9:57 AM, Ashley Bramlett wrote:
> last year I tried google docs and it wasn't accessible; guess they 
> have tweaked it to work to some extent.
> What is google drive? I have a desktop too and if I used google docs, 
> I might have to install the drive.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Katie Wang
> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 12:41 AM
> To: jsoro620 at gmail.com ; National Association of Blind Students 
> mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Quick help with Google docs
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm in the same boat as Cindy and would really like to use Google Doc
> to collaborate with my colleagues. I have Google Drive on my Ipod
> Touch, which enables me to read all the uploaded content, but I find
> editing to be quite tedious even with a Bluetooth keyboard. I haven't
> had any luck with the desktop version of Google Drive - I just
> installed it on my PC but JAWS wouldn't even speak the sign-in screen.
> Any suggestions for possible work-arounds would be much appreciated!
>
> Katie
>
>
> On 3/14/13, Joe <jsoro620 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Have you downloaded the desktop app? It should work like Dropbox and be
>> just
>> as accessible.
>>
>> Joe
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy 
>> Bennett
>> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 3:49 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Quick help with Google docs
>>
>> I'm not sure what is going on exactly. I personally have never 
>> experienced
>> the problem. It is true though that the "conflicted copy"
>> thing is annoying. People cannot work on documents at the same time, and
>> when they do, if you do not make sure to transfer all of the new data 
>> from
>> the conflicted copy to the parent copy, you can end up inadvertently 
>> losing
>> information.
>>
>> Also, my lab has always used Google docs, so I would prefer to use 
>> the same
>> system as my colleagues.
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Cindy
>>
>>
>> On 3/14/13, Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com> wrote:
>>> Under what circumstances are files being deleted from your friend's
>> dropbox?
>>> What app is she using?
>>>
>>> Mike Freeman
>>> sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Mar 14, 2013, at 11:56, Cindy Bennett <clb5590 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>> When I get to the Google Drive web page, I notice that there are a
>>>> series of buttons such as create, upload, and share. How do you get
>>>> these buttons to activate? I pressed enter on the create button and
>>>> JAWS said "loading" and then "load complete," but I can't find where
>>>> the document is to write.
>>>>
>>>> I am really interested in exploring accessibility, and I know there
>>>> are a couple of workarounds. But I am in a situation where one of my
>>>> colleagues is having files oddly deleted from her Dropbox and is
>>>> incredibly frustrated and wants to switch to Google docs right now.
>>>> So I am trying to get some quick answers to investigate preliminary
>>>> accessibility.
>>>>
>>>> I know that with Google Calendar, I have an incredibly difficult time
>>>> pressing the buttons to create and share calendars. I know there is a
>>>> Google accessibility web page, but their advice really hasn't worked
>>>> for me. I know that there is a series of JAWS commands such as
>>>> rooting the jaws cursor to the pc cursor and left mouse clicking, and
>>>> that really doesn't work for me although maybe I am doing it
>>>> incorrectly.
>>>>
>>>> The Google docs web page seems to have some similarities in a
>>>> negative way to the web interface of Google Calendar.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone use Google docs on their iPhone? I have a blue tooth
>>>> keyboard so although no optimal, I could do that.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone use Google docs on their mac?
>>>>
>>>> I have a duel system meaning that I use bootcamp. I really haven't
>>>> found VoiceOver to be as efficient, and I really don't want to have
>>>> to switch sides every time I need to work on a Google doc, but I am
>>>> curious.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your input, and sorry for all of the details. I always
>>>> appreciate the help I receive from this list.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Cindy Bennett
>>>> Secretary: National Association of Blind Students Legislative
>>>> Coordinator: National Federation of the Blind of Washington
>>>>
>>>> B.A. Psychology, UNC Wilmington
>>>> clb5590 at gmail.com
>>>>
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>> Cindy Bennett
>> Secretary: National Association of Blind Students Legislative 
>> Coordinator:
>> National Federation of the Blind of Washington
>>
>> B.A. Psychology, UNC Wilmington
>> clb5590 at gmail.com
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