[Athen] Google Docs accessibility?

[Russell Solowoniuk]

Hi Erin,

That's amazing! I did as you suggested and enabled Braille support within Google Docs, and Jaws is now very responsive when typing and navigating through a document.  Thanks so much for this tip!

One more question. I notice that when I press insert + downarrow, to have Jaws read the entire document, Jaws just keeps repeating the paragraph the cursor is in... is this by design?

Thanks again for the tip!

Russell


>>> Erin Lauridsen <erinlau at umich.edu> 11/7/2014 7:23 AM >>>

Hi Russell,
I'm using JAWS 15, and have the best experience with Firefox. Firefox
32 should be fine.
You need to enable Braille support within Google Docs itself, see the
instructions from Google here:
https://support.google.com/docs/answer/6057417?hl=en 

Hope that helps,
Erin


On 11/6/14, Russell Solowoniuk <SolowoniukR at macewan.ca> wrote:

> Hi Erin,

>

> I am using Jaws 16, and have tried Google Docs in IE 11, Firefox 32, and

> Chrome 38. I do have Braille support turned on in Jaws as I use a

> refreshable Braille display.

>

> Not sure if it matters as far as Google Docs goes, but I am running Windows

> 7, 64 Bit.

>

> What version of Jaws/Browser do you use?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Russell

>>>> Erin Lauridsen <erinlau at umich.edu> 11/6/2014 1:30 PM >>>

> Hi Russell,

> What browser and version of JAWS/Browser are you using?

> I use Google docs regularly with JAWS, and have found the lag to be

> much less than it was a few months ago. I still default to Word for my

> personal Word processing, but am generally able to navigate and edit

> shared docs.

> It can also improve reading response to turn on Braille support, even

> if you don't have a Braille display connected.

>

> Best,

> Erin

>

> On 11/6/14, Russell Solowoniuk <SolowoniukR at macewan.ca> wrote:

>> Hi everyone,

>>

>> I am a screen reader user -- Jaws and VoiceOver. I know that Google talks

>> about how accessible Google Docs is, but that hasn't been my experience.

>>

>> When reading a GDOC file with Jaws there is at least a 3 second

>> lagbetween

>> the time I press a keystroke to the time Jaws reads the text I move to. I

>> think I've done everything I am supposed to do, e.g. enable screen reader

>> support, turn off the virtual cursor.

>>

>> While it may be possible to create and edit a document in Google Docs, I

>> find it slow, tedious and frustrating.

>>

>> Am I missing something?

>>

>> Is anyone using Google Docs successfully with a screen reader?

>>

>> Thanks for any and all suggestions.

>>

>> Russell

>>

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