[nabs-l] Using Google Docs

Hope Paulos hope.paulos at gmail.com
Fri May 8 23:45:50 UTC 2015


Hi there. Am using Jaws 16 and firefox. 

Hope Paulos

> On May 8, 2015, at 7:38 PM, minh ha via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Gloria, send me an email at minh.ha927 at gmail.com.
> 
> Hope, that is really strange because Jaws works for me exactly like it
> would in a regular microsoft word document. What version are you using
> and with what browser?
> 
> Minh
> 
>> On 5/8/15, Hope Paulos via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> You are correct that many of the functions are accessible; however, when you
>> are writing a document, and hit backspace, jaws doesn't  announce the
>> letter... You also cannot read the line that you've written, jaws, at least
>> for me, says  blank... If you have any work arounds, I would be grateful if
>> you could share them! :-) d
>> 
>> Hope Paulos
>> 
>>> On May 8, 2015, at 6:43 PM, minh ha via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Gloria,
>>> 
>>> I actually disagree with Hope about Google Docs not being accessible
>>> with a screen reader. I am using Jaws 16 with firefox and I am able to
>>> access all of its function. If you are using Jaws, there is a hot key
>>> that will toggle screen reader accessibility; I believe it is
>>> insert+alt+z, but it tells you right on the page. Take time to explore
>>> all of the features available and just play around with it. If you
>>> have specific questions, I'm pretty proficient with the Google suite
>>> of apps so feel free to message me off list. I also want to mention
>>> that the iPhone apps for Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides are extremely
>>> voiceover friendly. I have been able to do basically everything that I
>>> could on the computer with the iPhone apps.
>>> 
>>> HTH,
>>> Minh
>>> 
>>>> On 5/8/15, Gloria Graves via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> Yes, I am using a screenwriter, sees that it is not user-friendly? What
>>>> should I tell my professor? Thanks
>>>> I meant to say, I am using a screen reader
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On May 8, 2015, at 4:37 PM, Hope Paulos via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hello! Google docs is most accessible when using Google Chrome as well
>>>>> as
>>>>> chrome vox.
>>>>> If you are using jaws another screen reader, you will find that it is
>>>>> extremely difficult to use...
>>>>> Hth
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hope Paulos
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On May 8, 2015, at 5:32 PM, Gloria Graves via nabs-l
>>>>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>> I was wondering if anyone can give me any tips on using Google Docs? I
>>>>>> will be using Google Docs for one of my summer classes and have never
>>>>>> used it before and wanted to know if it was accessible and
>>>>>> user-friendly
>>>>>> :-) thanks for any suggestions, tips, and or advice :-)
>>>>>> Gloria
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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