[Athen] Google Docs accessibility

[Bourne, Sarah (MASSIT)]

Thank you, Matt and Pratik!  Hearing about positive progress like this is great way to start my day; saying “no” all the time gets pretty tiresome.
sb
Sarah E. Bourne
Director of IT Accessibility, MassIT
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
1 Ashburton Pl. rm 811 Boston MA 02108
617-626-4502
sarah.bourne at mass.gov<mailto:sarah.bourne at mass.gov>
http://www.mass.gov/MassIT

From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Matt McCubbin
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 7:26 AM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] Google Docs accessibility

Hi Sarah,
I would just like to echo Pratik’s positive comments concerning Google Docs and the remainder of the product suite. The accessibility experience has improved significantly in the past few years. I’ve had the best luck with JAWS and NVDA with both Firefox and Chrome.
I hope this helps, and please feel free to follow up if you have additional questions.
All the best,
Matt


Matt McCubbin
Adaptive Technology Specialist
University of Massachusetts Boston
(617) 287-5243

From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Pratik Patel
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2016 5:21 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list at u.washington.edu<mailto:athen-list at u.washington.edu>>
Subject: Re: [Athen] Google Docs accessibility

Hello Sarah,

I'm happy to report that Google Docs and the related applications are quite usable and accessible with screen readers and magnification software. WHile we haven't done a formal study, I have been personally using the applications in the suite with others quite successfully. I can report using the applications with NVDA and JAWS as well as Voiceover on the Mac. I know of several individuals who use Docs with magnification software. These experiences go across several browsers. I believe some problems still remain with IE. But, The Docs team is quite responsive when contacted.

Regards,

Pratik


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On Aug 10, 2016, at 2:38 PM, Bourne, Sarah (ITD) <sarah.bourne at mass.gov<mailto:sarah.bourne at mass.gov>> wrote:
I was just looking at Google’s site, Accessibility for Docs editors<https://support.google.com/docs/topic/6039805?hl=en&ref_topic=1382883> and their page Use Google Calendar with a screen reader<https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/1630828?hl=en&ref_topic=6272668>.  It looks like they’ve made some significant improvements since the last studies I saw, the 2012 ATHEN studies.
Has anyone done any formal (or otherwise!) research into their current status since these changes have been made?  If you’re using them, have you seen improvements for keyboard-only and screen reader users?
Thank you,
sb
Sarah E. Bourne
Director of IT Accessibility, MassIT
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
1 Ashburton Pl. rm 811 Boston MA 02108
617-626-4502
sarah.bourne at mass.gov<mailto:sarah.bourne at mass.gov>
http://www.mass.gov/MassIT

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