[nabs-l] Gmail Undo Button question

Kaiti Shelton crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com
Mon Dec 1 20:26:27 UTC 2014


I personally don't mind the web interface, and actually prefer it to
outlook.  I have written emails in word before, especially when I want
them to be very prestine and professional.

On 12/1/14, Chris Nusbaum via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I've never done this, but rather used the email program itself to compose
> emails. Since I have switched to Outlook for my primary email client, I have
> found this much easier than the Gmail Web interface.
>
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>> On Dec 1, 2014, at 9:35 AM, justin williams via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Do you folks just type your emails in word, then copy and paste them into
>> the email?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaiti
>> Shelton
>> via nabs-l
>> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2014 9:33 AM
>> To: Arielle Silverman; National Association of Blind Students mailing
>> list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Gmail Undo Button question
>>
>> That could be worth a shot.  I'm really interested in seeing if this
>> could
>> work.
>>
>>> On 12/1/14, Arielle Silverman via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> I wonder if you had a sighted person enable the feature in standard
>>> view, if the undo button would appear after you sent an email in basic
>>> HTML? If that works, you would only need one-time access to a reader.
>>> I might try it sometime.
>>> Arielle
>>>
>>>> On 11/30/14, Jorge Paez via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> Hi Kaiti:
>>>> Yes, my vision teacher told me about the feature in June or so.
>>>> There is no way.
>>>> JAWS can't read it in standard mode, and there is no access to the
>>>> labs in html basic.
>>>> I even tried Voice Over on Chrome, which is usually the most
>>>> google-friendly option but even then that particular function didn't
>>>> work.
>>>> I agree though, it'd be cool if someone figured out a way to make it
>>>> work with screenreaders though.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 11/30/14, Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>> HI all,
>>>>>
>>>>> One of my roommates just told the rest of us that GMail has an "undo"
>>>>> feature. In the standard version of Gmail, this option can be turned
>>>>> on by going to settings>labs>enable send undo (I believe that last
>>>>> one is correct but I know the first two steps are right).
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm pretty careful to check emails before sending them to my
>>>>> professors, but it would be a cool feature to have if it can be
>>>>> turned on in the basic HTML version of gmail.  My roommate says
>>>>> she's used it when she finds a spelling error after she's sent an
>>>>> email, so she can "Undo" the send, fix the error, and send the
>>>>> message again.  For her, the "Your message has been sent" banner is
>>>>> where the undo button shows up.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas how to do this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Kaiti
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>> Kaiti
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