[NABS-L] Google Docs and JAWS

Miso Kwak misokwak12 at gmail.com
Mon Feb 25 16:53:49 UTC 2019


I use Google drive and Google Doc with JAWS 2018 and using Google
Chrome. I sometimes pair it with my braille display.

Although it is probably not most up-to-date info at this point, I
found this link helpful when I was getting started.
https://doccenter.freedomscientific.com/doccenter/doccenter/rs25c51746a0cc/2015-09-11_googledocs-l1/02_2015-09-11_Google_Docs_with_JAWS_and_MAGic_Lesson_One.htm

MK

On 2/25/19, Michael Capelle via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I use google drive with NVDA and SATOGO, with no issues.
> I know under the google account preferences, there is a check box, to enable
>
> accessible mode.
> HTH.
> Mike.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Nusbaum via NABS-L
> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 10:43 AM
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Chris Nusbaum
> Subject: [NABS-L] Google Docs and JAWS
>
> Hi Fellow NABSTERS:
>
> My college is one of the ever-increasing number of schools which has jumped
>
> entirely on the Google train and is now using G-Suite apps for virtually
> everything. I have long thought that the most accessible way to work with
> Google Docs and Google Drive is to use their apps on iOS with VoiceOver and
>
> (if one is available) a Braille display. However, it seems that recent
> updates to both the Docs app and iOS have made editing Google docs with a
> Braille display a bit tricky. So I'm wondering if a PC would be better.
>
> I have noticed that a friend of mine is using the Google Drive program on
> Windows very successfully. From what I have observed, she is able to at
> least save Word files to and open them from Google Drive with an interface
> similar to Dropbox's. However, I don't know how nicely Google Docs files
> play with JAWS at this point. So, is there a good accessible way to read,
> write and edit Google docs on a PC with JAWS? If so, what should I use?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris Nusbaum
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