[Athen] Grammarly with a screen reader?

[Lucy GRECO]

thanks i am going to try it this after  noon with sited help to see whats
going on  wish me luck
Lucia Greco
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On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 1:41 PM foreigntype at gmail.com <foreigntype at gmail.com>
wrote:


> 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

>> 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,

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> 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

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Wink Harner

>>>

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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

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> 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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>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> 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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