[Athen] Grammarly with a screen reader?

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Lucy,

My go-to Q&A person for tech questions at NVDA has been Quentin
Christensen.  I found this info about ProWriting & NVDA on an FAQ site:
https://nvda.groups.io/g/nvda/topic/anyone_experienced_with/5447142?p=

I can dig further if you like?

Wink

On Thu, Sep 24, 2020, 11:35 AM Lucy GRECO <lgreco at berkeley.edu> wrote:


>  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

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> On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 9:59 AM Russell Solowoniuk <solowoniukr at macewan.ca>

> wrote:

>

>> Hi Wink,

>>

>>

>>

>> Thanks for the information about ProWritingAid!

>>

>>

>>

>> Cheers,

>>

>>

>>

>> Russell

>>

>>

>>

>> *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?

>>

>>

>>

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

>>

>>

>>

>> 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.

>>

>>

>>

>>

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

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>>

>> Wink Harner

>>

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>> The Foreign Type

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

>>

>> 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.

>>

>>

>>

>> Thanks,

>>

>>

>>

>> *Sean Kugler, M.Ed.*

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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?

>>

>>

>>

>> 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

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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

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>> IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration

>> University of California, Berkeley

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

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>> 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:

>>

>> 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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