[Athen] Grammarly with a screen reader?

[Dan Comden]

That's a disappointing response, to be sure.
Perhaps if they hear "our institution will not consider a site license for
Grammarly's inaccessible software, and we share that information with other
institutions" would ramp up their awareness to the point of addressing such
a distinct accessibility failure. That's essentially what we do here, and
perhaps they would take notice.

Ok, I'm a dreamer :)

-*- Dan

On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 10:55 AM Lisa Brandt <lisa.brandt1 at pcc.edu> wrote:


> We met with Grammarly a couple of months ago for a demo. When we informed

> them that the product does not meet our requirements for accessibility, the

> answer was just "thanks for letting me know" and an offer of a discount for

> students who want to purchase an individual license. No "we're working on

> it" or "I'll take that back to my team." So I don't think anything has

> changed.

>

> Lisa

>

> On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 10:48 AM Lucy GRECO <lgreco at berkeley.edu> wrote:

>

>> sadly  the  grammarly  people have  known about this from the start and i

>> don't think they ever spent any time fixing it. i would love it if it world

>> but hay maybe they  think one disability keeps you from having others.

>> Lucia Greco

>> Web Accessibility Evangelist

>> IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration

>> University of California, Berkeley

>> (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco

>> http://webaccess.berkeley.edu

>> Follow me on twitter @accessaces

>>

>>

>>

>> On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 9:39 AM Russell Solowoniuk <

>> solowoniukr at macewan.ca> wrote:

>>

>>> Hi everyone,

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Our library is offering free access to Grammarly Premium to all current

>>> students, faculty, and staff.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> We have an instructor who is blind who says he is not able to

>>> successfully use Grammarly with his screen reader, Jaws.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Do any of you know of a way to get Grammarly to work with Jaws, or any

>>> other screen reader?

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Best,

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Russell

>>>

>>>

>>>

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-*- Dan Comden                       danc at uw.edu <danc at washington.edu>
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