[Athen] Google Apps

[Humbert, Joseph A]

The Google person in charge of Google Docs said that Docs was designed in a way that current screen reading software could not understand so they developed at screen reader around it (ChromeVox) during the CSUN fireside chat.

Joe Humbert, Assistive Technology and Web Accessibility Specialist
UITS Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Centers
Indiana University, Indianapolis and Bloomington
535 W Michigan St. IT214 E
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Office Phone: (317) 274-4378
Cell Phone: (317) 644-6824
johumber at iupui.edu<mailto:johumber at iupui.edu>
http://iuadapts.Indiana.edu/<http://iuadapts.indiana.edu/>

From: athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 12:38 PM
To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'
Subject: RE: [Athen] Google Apps

Just to add to this comment, the conversations that were had with Google last week were from all feedback I have received less than productive.  ATHEN will continue to explore the issues of the Google App suites and welcomes any opportunities to collaborate in the hopeful resolution of what is a very problematic situation.

Ron Stewart, President
ATHEN

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 Scott Williams
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 9:08 AM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] Fwd: Google Apps

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.

Scott

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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:

Robert,

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



Kathy



Kathleen Cahill

Assistive Technology Specialist

MIT ATIC (Assistive Tech. Info. Center)

77 Mass. Ave. 7-143

Cambridge MA 02139

(617) 253-5111

kcahill at mit.edu<mailto:kcahill at mit.edu>







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



Sue,



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.



Thanks,



Robert



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.



Robert Espero

AT/IT Coordinator
Disability Services Center

UC Irvine



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
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 3:44 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: RE: [Athen] Fwd: Google Apps



Read Hadi and Joe’s report…



Not accessible.



Susan Kelmer

Alternate Format Coordinator

Disability Services

University of Colorado

303-735-4836



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
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 4:40 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: [Athen] Fwd: Google Apps



Hi all,

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.

Thanks in advance.

Wink

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Ms. Wink Harner
Project Support
Mesa Community College
1833 W. Southern Avenue
Mesa AZ 85201

winkharner at mesacc.edu<mailto:winkharner at mesacc.edu>
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