[blindkid] Chromebooks

[Debby B]

Last year Winona won (yes, won!) a ChromeBook at school. They were unable to adapt it to be accessible for her, so ended up swapping it out for a regular laptop. 


 
Debby
bwbddl at yahoo.com

~"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can read."~Mark Twain



On Saturday, March 1, 2014 9:47 PM, Richard Holloway <rholloway at gopbc.org> wrote:
 
A middle school we have been researcing for our daughter is looking at outfitting all the students with Google Chromebooks. She would likely be the only blind student potentially using these. I’m very curious to know how likely we are to have problems with such a plan, though I assume we might be able to access the same information with a PC or Mac Laptop.

I recall there were some NFB issues addressed relating to Chromebooks a while back. From what I read, they do have some accessibility features, but I don't have any current access to explore any of these machines directly.  

Has anyone explored these accessibility features, and can anyone compare them to JAWS on a PC, or VoiceOver on a Mac?

Thanks!
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