[Athen] Grammarly with a screen reader?

[Lucy GRECO]

 hay wink you got  my   attention  have you  used this? also could you let
me know what list that was and or put me in  tuch with some one that mite
have used it with nvda so i could ask them what they did and so on i just
gave it a quick try but i got stuck at write some thing how do i find the
problems etcetera lucy
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 Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 9:59 AM Russell Solowoniuk <solowoniukr at macewan.ca>
wrote:


> Hi Wink,

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> Thanks for the information about ProWritingAid!

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> Cheers,

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> Russell

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> *From:* athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> *On

> Behalf Of *foreigntype at gmail.com

> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 23, 2020 2:48 PM

> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network <

> athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Grammarly with a screen reader?

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> Hi all with the screen reader + Grammarly question...

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> This came up on an NVDA FAQ site recently and NVDA's response was to take

> a look at this grammar checker which IS a screen reader friendly model.

> Since NVDA and JAWS are similar in how one accesses elements on the screen,

> you might want to check this one out and see if it meets your needs. It's

> called ProWritingAid.

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> https://prowritingaid.com/en/Account/Register2?returnUrl=%2Fen%2FAnalysis%2FEditor%3FscreenReaderFriendly%3Dtrue

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> Wink Harner

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> Accessibility Consultant/Alternative Text Production

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> The Foreign Type

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> Portland OR

> foreigntype at gmail.com

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> This email was dictated using Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Please forgive

> quirks, misrecognitions, or errata .

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> On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 1:36 PM Sean Kugler <Sean.Kugler at nau.edu> wrote:

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> I am a Grammarly user, but it irks me every time I use it.  It is not

> keyboard only usable as well.  Lisa got a nicer response than I did about

> addressing accessibility.  The response I received was that it is not in

> our plans to add the ability to use a keyboard only.  I guess I cannot

> expect a company that does not take the time to work with the Mac version

> of Outlook to spend time making their product more usable/accessible.

>

>

>

> Does anyone have a recommendation for a competitor that is willing to

> consider accessibility?  Mainly, I use it for email and inner office

> correspondence.  I want a solution that will work across devices as I

> switch between Mac, Windows, iPad, and Android throughout each day.  This

> would also make me more comfortable to consider it for others.

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> Thanks,

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> *Sean Kugler, M.Ed.*

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> *Accessibility Analyst*

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> *From: *Lisa Brandt <lisa.brandt1 at pcc.edu>

> *Reply-To: *Access Technology Higher Education Network <

> athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> *Date: *Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at 10:53 AM

> *To: *Access Technology Higher Education Network <

> athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> *Subject: *Re: [Athen] Grammarly with a screen reader?

>

>

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> 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.

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>

> Lisa

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> 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

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> On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 9:39 AM Russell Solowoniuk <solowoniukr at macewan.ca>

> wrote:

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> Hi everyone,

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>

>

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

> students, faculty, and staff.

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>

>

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

> use Grammarly with his screen reader, Jaws.

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>

>

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

> other screen reader?

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>

>

> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

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>

>

> Best,

>

>

>

> Russell

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