[Athen] Fwd: Google Apps

[Scott Williams]

Also, the previous report on Google Docs can be found here:  

http://athenpro.org/google-docs-accessibility

Some of the findings may be slightly dated, but the general situation remains the same. Progress has been slow.  

At U-Michigan we are scurrying to find work-arounds for Google Apps for our screen reader users. These work-arounds will not be satisfactory accommodations because the colloaborative aspect of Google Apps drops out of the picture. Same for the inter-App functionality (e.g., adding an event or task from Gmail).  

Current strategies include using Mail.app and ICal for Mac folks and Outlook for PC folks. We are looking at 3rd-party apps such as Insync for dealing with Google Docs.  

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Scott Williams
Web Accessibility Coordinator
Office of Institutional Equity
University of Michigan
734-764-0051


On Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Kathleen Cahill wrote:


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> Here is the link from the ATHEN website:  http://athenpro.org/google-gmail-calendar-accessibility  

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> From: athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu (mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu) [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Espero

> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 11:19 AM

> To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'

> Subject: RE: [Athen] Fwd: Google Apps

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> I was at CSUN in San Diego last week where I sat in a session regarding Google Accessibility with the NFB. Hadi was in there and was very adamant that it was not accessible. I have not had the opportunity to read his report so I was wondering if you could forward the URL so I can become more aware of the issues Google Apps/Docs present.

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> P.S. UC Irvine has done a “soft” deployment of Google Apps in light of numerous notifications of its inaccessibility by me and other colleagues. I’m hoping his report can provide some information for me to present to our computing department and Vice Chancellor.

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> From: athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu (mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu) [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] (mailto:[mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu]) On Behalf Of Susan Kelmer

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> Read Hadi and Joe’s report…

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> From: athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu (mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu) [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] (mailto:[mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu]) On Behalf Of Wink Harner

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> Our college district has adopted Google Apps for Education (email & calendaring). Any warnings, tips or tricks you might have that I could pass along to our district IT folks in advance regarding known accessibility issues would be greatly appreciated.

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