[nfbcs] Chrome, Jaws and work and big tricks

Wed Oct 4 19:58:20 UTC 2017

Adding to everything everyone has said: I turn on options in jaws to say
all text with sounds for clicks etc so when I move in the browser it gives
me a sound in what I am doing--insert alt s is mighty powerful in all
programs depending on what you need.

Next and a biggy--all my students come across sites that require a right or
left click on something. This is where routing of cursors come in and
command of insert 8-special left click or insert 9 special right click
takes care of it. I love the app key but there is nothing like getting the
mouse to where t needs to be to "click" on it. I have even had to route
cursor use bypass key of insert 3 then left or right click commands and it
works.

So many tricks to use with Jaws--but those are a few of my top ones to get
it and do the work and have no fear of Chrome--very doable

*Dr Denise M Robinson*

Denise M Robinson, TVI, PhD

Specialist-Technology/Blind Skills | Teacher of the Blind and Visually
Impaired
425-220-6935 | www.yourtechvision.com

“Helping the visually impaired see their world changed through technology”

On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Jude DaShiell via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> That mandatory annual training even has mouse clicks in it not even the
> left and right mouse keys can do within jaws.  The Navy had lots of that
> while I worked for them.  It took sighted assistance for me to get that
> training done and we were required to use internet explorer.  I don't know
> if Tracey has a home computer with a screen reader on it, but if so perhaps
> Tracey could install chrome and chromevox on the home computer and do the
> mandatory annual training at home and charge the employer for the overtime
> hours.  That might get their attention.  Also point out some blind
> employees won't necessarily have a home computer available to them on which
> to complete that mandatory annual training depending on what they manage to
> buy and set up ahead of that training.  If the training has to be done on a
> work computer, sighted assistance probably will be needed.
>
> Best if the accessibility coordinator does the assistance and writes the
> site up within functional web accessibility testing too.
>
> On Wed, 4 Oct 2017, Curtis Chong via nfbcs wrote:
>
> Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 09:46:42
>> From: Curtis Chong via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>> To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Curtis Chong <curtischong at earthlink.net>
>> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Chrome, Jaws and work
>>
>> Hello Tracy:
>>
>> I regard Chrome as a usable browser although, for me, it is not primary.
>> At
>> this stage, I switch routinely between three browsers: Internet Explorer,
>> Firefox, and Chrome. Each has its own unique set of strengths and
>> weaknesses, depending on the websites being accessed and your personal
>> preferences. It sounds like the training web interface is already an
>> accessibility issue for you. This is unfortunate.
>>
>> One thing that I do with all the browsers I use is to find a way to enable
>> navigational sounds. This way, when the page refreshes, I get an audible
>> indication that it has done so. For Chrome, that means an add-in, which
>> your
>> employer probably won't let you install<smile>.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>> Cordially,
>>
>> Curtis Chong
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
>> via nfbcs
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 4, 2017 5:23 AM
>> To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
>> Subject: [nfbcs] Chrome, Jaws and work
>>
>> I just got a notice at work saying our required annual training should be
>> completed using Google Chrome.  I've never used Chrome, or wanted to.  I'd
>> heard it didn't work well with Jaws, and I'll have to use ChromeVox to use
>> it.  Is that true?  Is it hard to learn?
>>
>> The annual training is difficult to complete using a screen reader I
>> know-lots of mouse clicks required that can't be simulated with spacebar
>> or
>> enter.
>>
>> Maybe the best solution will end up being to have some joker from HR stand
>> next to me and do the clicking and all, since they are in charge of the
>> app
>> and its accessibility, or lack thereof.  "Inclusion" seldom includes blind
>> people.
>>
>> Please advise about Chrome.
>>
>> Tracy
>>
>> I I
>>
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