[Ncabs] Google Plus

[Shickeytha Chandler via Ncabs]

As an update, I was finally able to figure out how to get my
information entered to create a Google Plus account. It certainly
required different techniques than I have encountered on other sites
and was slightly annoying, but it was doable. What I had to do was
press "Insert + Z" to turn the virtual PC cursor off and then tab to
the menu and press space bar, then arrow down and press the enter key
once I found the response I wanted to select. I was also unable to use
buttons such as the "Continue" button unless I turned off the virtual
PC cursor. While the virtual PC cursor was off, JAWS would only read
buttons and menus but not other information on the page, so I kept
having to go back and forth between the virtual PC cursor being on and
off, and it was generally a pain. But the good news is I now have a
Google Plus account! I am using a laptop, so not sure if that fact
contributed at all to the difficulties I encountered.

On 5/16/14, Shickeytha Chandler <shickeytha at gmail.com> wrote:
> So while we have been on the topic of Google Plus and Google Hangouts,
> I have tried to create a Google Plus profile. On the initial screen,
> there are places where I must choose gender, birthday, etc. JAWS reads
> these as "button menus". I clicked the space bar to expand but still
> was not able to move down to select my response. I tried multiple
> times using both Internet Explorer and Firefox. I tried simply using
> the arrow keys as well as using alt plus down arrow as with drop down
> boxes. Any idea what I might be doing wrong? Is there a key command I
> need to know or just an accessibility issue? Thanks.
>
> Shickeytha
>