[Trainer-Talk] Teaching Google Docs with JAWS

[Wayne Merritt]

Hello. Thanks for the offer. I got a similar list of keystrokes from a
coworker. I realize that FireFox works best with Google Docs, however
at my workplace we train primarily on Internet Explorer. If I were an
individual trainer then I would be more likely to use FireFox.

Best,
Wayne

On 1/6/16, Marianne Denning via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I can tell you Google Drive does not work with IE.  You need to use
> Firefox.  JAWS did a webinar.  I also typed Google Drive and JAWS into
> Google search and went through a lot of information.  I can also send
> you a list of commands that you will find very helpful.  Let me know
> if you want these commands.  They were deeloped by Google.
>
> On 1/6/16, Laine Amoureux via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> I have been teaching Google docs, using Mozilla  Firefox and NVDA, rather
>> than Internet explorer and jaws. I chose this combination, first because
>> Google suggested it, and second there is much less cognitive demand on a
>> consumer using NVDA, and only needing to toggle between brows mode and
>> focus
>> mode, compared to using jaws and having to switch between forms mode,
>> virtual PC mode, and enabling and disabling quick navigation keys.
>> That said however, I did see that freedom scientific released a webinar
>> that
>> might be of some assistance to you.
>> Understanding when to navigate the interface using virtual PC cursor, or
>> by
>> disabling the quick navigation keys will be the most important factor, in
>> my
>> opinion, in utilizing the interface. Google docs, unless I am attempting
>> to
>> navigate to the controls on the Google bar, I never enabled browse mode
>> and
>> NVDA, meaning if I were using jaws I would never use the virtual PC
>> cursor
>> mode, except when I want to access the Google apps, Google notifications
>> or
>> Google account links at the top of the page.
>> Check out the getting started in Google Docs with the screen reader
>> documentation provided by Google. Don't have the direct link at the
>> moment,
>> or the time to go search for it :-) but if you Google getting started in
>> Google Docs with a screen reader it should pop up just fine.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Laine Amoureux
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Jan 6, 2016, at 12:32 PM, Wayne Merritt via Trainer-Talk
>>> <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Greetings. I will soon be teaching a student how to use Google Docs. I
>>> haven't used it in several years. Does anyone know of support
>>> documentation for using Docs with JAWS 16/17? Also, can anyone give
>>> any tips/tricks for how to navigate and activate items in Google Docs?
>>> We will be using Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 7 Professional, for
>>> what it's worth.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Wayne Merritt
>>>
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