[nabs-l] Google Hangouts

Greg Aikens gpaikens at gmail.com
Mon May 5 02:45:06 UTC 2014


Hi Brice,
I can’t speak to using google hangouts with Jaws but I have been moderately successful doing so with Voiceover on a mac. What problems have you run into specifically? What works best for me is for someone else to invite me. If I don’t have google hangouts open, it will send a link to my email telling me I missed the invite. If I click on the join link, and then find the join button on the page that comes up, I’m usually fine to get into the chat. Just make sure you have whatever plug ins installed that you need. The interface doesn’t play real nice with screen readers. I find that my cursor focus moves unpredictably but I am generally able to find the buttons to turn my camera and microphone on and off. I also tried using Chrome and Chromevox but had much more success in Safari.  

I know you are using a different screen reader, but perhaps some of this carries over to JAWS and windows. 

Best,
Greg


 
On May 4, 2014, at 5:03 PM, Brice Smith <brice.smith319 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Does anyone know how to use Google Hangouts to video conference with
> JAWS? I've searched around the web for answers and I'm still not even
> sure if it's possible. I tried the iPhone application ... no luck. I
> installed Chrome, but I don't know what I'm doing. I have experience
> with Google Docs and Mozilla. I'm in a tight spot because my team
> wants to video chat and share screens, and I'm the one holding things
> up. Any advice or experience would be helpful.
> 
> Brice
> 
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