<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">When more than one person is editing a google doc, it is also confusing and hard to follow visually. You might try turning screen echo to none and see if it will let you make your own changes.<div><br></div><div>Nancy </div><div><br></div><div>Coffman<br><br><div dir="ltr">Nancy Coffman</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 26, 2023, at 1:40 PM, Rynhardt Kruger via NFBCS <nfbcs@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">Hi John,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I agree with you that Google Doc's accessibility is unnecessarily complex. It essentially has two modes. From the issues you are describing it sounds like you are in its default mode, where it runs its own screen reader so to speak. The other mode is called Braille mode, and can be turned on in accessibility settings under the tools menu. In my view it is incorrectly named, as it actually envolves a propper ARIA implementation for Docs, which I find to work better with screen readers regardless if one is using Braille or not. With Braille mode, you should for example, be able to do a normal say-all, and also use your screen reader's own keys to navigate tables, etc. You should also be able to explore the document in brows mode.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards, and hope this helps,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Rynhardt</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 26 Mar 2023, 20:24 John Gardner via NFBCS, <<a href="mailto:nfbcs@nfbnet.org">nfbcs@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello again all. This note is mostly a complaint about Google Docs for not being more accessible. And a request for help with a couple of issues. If any of my complaints are wrong-headed I'm happy to be set straight. I'll send this on to Google after hearing feedback from this list.<br>
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My gripes start with the observation that Google Docs has a (imho unnecessarily large) learning curve, so that blind people who are not expert techies have a hard time of it. Google has admittedly put a lot of effort into promoting accessibility but I do not find Google Docs very usable. You cannot even start with a Google Doc unless you know that the screen reader has to be in forms mode. And I really object to being required to change my screen reader hot keys to avoid conflict with Google Docs hot keys. It should be the other way around. I also find it confusing that feedback during editing is so different from what NVDA and Jaws say in other apps. It is really hard, for me anyhow, to collaborate because I find it so hard to edit anything.<br>
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I have other little gripes but I don't want to rant. I do have two specific questions that I hope somebody can answer.<br>
* Is there any way to "read from cursor to end" in Google Docs with either NVDA or Jaws? Not having this feature makes it really painful to read large documents.<br>
* Can you (if so how) alter any of the editing spoken feedback?<br>
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