[nabs-l] Quick help with Google docs

Fri Mar 15 21:08:40 UTC 2013

ChromeVox is a screen reader created by google meant to be used in
google chrome to access google products with voice output.

Cindy

On 3/15/13, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> what is chromevox?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jordyn Castor
> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 12:14 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Quick help with Google docs
>
> 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