[nabs-l] Quick help with Google docs

[David Andrews]

You might try Chrome with the ChromeBox extension.  This seems to be 
where Google is putting the majority of its efforts at this 
time.  They indicate they want to support other browsers and screen 
readers, but it is spotty at best for now.

Dave

At 11:41 PM 3/14/2013, you wrote:
>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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