[NFB-DB] Google Disability Support now includes ASL

[Maurice mines]

  Dear Scott and others, I think that I’m curious to know what do 
people think we should do? Braille yes is critical and yes Google has 
stepped up to the plate to deal with braille by supporting the note 
taking vendors. Both Hims,  and human where offer braille based 
notetakers that are powered by android. And if you’re done using one 
of those using Google products with a simple Braille Display should in 
theory work okay. So I’m asking what position should the division 
advocate on this issue? Because what I think I’m reading here is that 
no support for braille is better than some support and what about those 
deaf blind people who are culturally deaf server, do we say that okay 
they can have ASL only if we get braille I don’t think you want to 
pick one disability group against another that would be totally 
inappropriate. Just my two cents worth.

On 6 Dec 2019, at 8:19, Scott Davert via NFB-DB wrote:

> Thank you for passing this article along. It's just too bad the 
> champions of accessibility don't seem to care enough to  adiquitly 
> support braille on Android. Consulting with braille users and then 
> failing to take action based on that activity is even worse than doing 
> nothing in my opinion. I'm glad for those who use ASL, but am saddened 
> both by Google's lack of commitment toward braille users, and by all 
> of the blindness organizations who supposedly promote braille literacy 
> continue to avoid calling out Google directly. Instead, the give 
> Google awdts...
>
> Just my perspective,
> Scott
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Dec 6, 2019, at 10:01 AM, Marsha via NFB-DB <nfb-db at nfbnet.org> 
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>> Subject: Google Disability Support now includes ASL
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>> https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/accessibility/google-disability-support-now-includes-american-sign-language/
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