[Ncabs] Google Drive/Google Docs

[Shickeytha Chandler]

There is a webinar on the NVDA screen reader on Hadley School for the
Blind website www.hadley.edu  I also plan to check into that when I
have time. I see your point. Plus, NVDA is free, so it could save
State agencies some significant $$ if they could make more use of free
software. Of course, I don't have enough knowledge about it to know
whether there might be some circumstances where JAWS works, but NVDA
does not work. There probably are such instances; I can't imagine that
a program that could completely replace JAWS would be free, unless
perhaps it was produced by a non-profit group or something like that.

On 8/21/14, Cindy Bennett via Ncabs <ncabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> In my experience, JAWS is really not great with Google apps, and from
> going to CSUN, I have learned that Freedom Scientific is the problem;
> JAWS is actually quite archaic in the way it interacts with web pages
> which is totally not suited for the exploding interactive web. Anyway,
> I intend to explore using NVDA, a free screen reader, with Google
> apps. I have heard that VO works better as well.
>
> I think this is a super bumber since almost anyone who is a product of
> state-funded services and not motivated to learn alternative screen
> readers on ones own was probably exclusively trained in JAWS. I would
> love to see more NFB-funded Google trainings and advocacy that state
> agencies start offering trainings on Google apps and devices. They are
> more affordable, and exploding in education settings. I think that
> part of the problem is a lack of qualified trainers expert enough in
> Google accessibility to provide training, but I think that shouldn't
> stop us from trying. Google has vastly improved their documentation,
> but sometimes, it is nice to just sit down with someone and get some
> training.
>
> Cindy
>
> On 8/21/14, Ashley Coleman via Ncabs <ncabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Thank you for sharing this information.
>> It is much appreciated.
>>
>>
>> Ashley Coleman,
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Aug 21, 2014, at 9:06, Shickeytha Chandler via Ncabs
>>> <ncabs at nfbnet.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Update: I found a very helpful page about using screenreaders and
>>> Google Docs. For anyone else who is interested the link is:
>>>
>>> https://support.google.com/docs/answer/1632201?hl=en
>>>
>>>> On 8/21/14, Shickeytha Chandler <shickeytha at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Good morning folks,
>>>>
>>>> I hope everyone is having a good start to the semester. I am wondering
>>>> if anyone has any useful tips or knows any online tutorials that are
>>>> good for explaining using JAWS with Google Drive and Google Docs. It
>>>> looks like I will be using both of these rather intensively, and these
>>>> functions do not seem to be as intuitive as the Gmail or other google
>>>> features.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Shickeytha
>>>
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