Re: [orca-list] Google Docs

["B. Henry" <burt1iband gmail com>]

Yes CJ, I have used chromevox for most of the interaction I've had with g-docs and g-drive since when ever it 
was I first 
started playing with chrome/chromevox, but was so impressed with the good performance/easy navigation in the 
menus and 
tabs today that I was hoping that someone had figured out how to actually see their docs in firefox with 
orca. 
I have been using grive for some months now for syncing files in standard/non-google specific formats, and 
googlecl  for 
up and downloading files.
Thanks for the feedback.
And Derek,

   I have never used google docs with orca, but try pressing ctrl alt z.
   Does orca say something like "screen reader support enabled."?

I tried this both in the main g-drive screen where the create menu lives along with the ability to open 
details tab 
89along with the folders and files list, and many more things, and after opening a new document. Nothing 
appeared to 
change with this, nor did I hear any announcement or any verbal feedback at all when pressing said key combo. 
There's more than one view of g-drive and docs available I think, so if you can clarrify when you used this, 
i.e. which 
view, and with what screenreader, and when if possible perhaps I can track something down. 
I"m going to write to google accessibility folks as well. 
It would be great if this could be worked out. 
I mentioned Orca to a  g-docs accessibility person  recently, and he actually did a quick test of something 
right away. He 
said he was not very familiar with Orca, but was going to try and make sure it was included in more testing, 
and file bugs 
when discovered. 

--
B.H.

 
 


On Tue, Sep 02, 2014 at 06:53:55PM -0500, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
> I'm guessing you're just looking for better access to Google Docs with
> Firefox and Orca, and I know you already know about ChromeVox, but ChromeVox
> is the only way I've found to work with Google Docs. Obviously that doesn't
> mean Google and others shouldn't be working on improving access to Google
> Docs with other screen reader and browser combinations, but just in case you
> were looking for a short term solution to work with your Google Docs.
>
> On 09/02/2014 02:21 PM, B. Henry wrote:
> > I have only visited the Google docs web app, and or g-drive online a few times in the last two or three 
> > years as I've
> > usually found enough accessability issues to make a useful experience beyond anything that a couple of bug 
> > fixes would
> > make happen.
> > Today I dropped in and found most of the interface worked quite well with the orca 3.13.90.r.34...package 
> > I'd installed
> > from master thismorning.
> > My question however is is there a way to read and or create/edit a doc in firefox? I got 00 feedback once 
> > I opened a
> > document, existing or one I started fromthe create menu.
> > I realize this is probably a googleside issue, and I doubt this is anything that has just cropped up due 
> > to any recent
> > changes, but
> > in case I'm not trying something that works, or has worked am writing here first.
> > Regards,
> > --
> > B.H.
> >
> >
> >
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