RE: Google Apps With Jaws
- From: "Marquette, Ed" <Ed.Marquette@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 09:12:11 -0500
So, what exactly to you mean "accessing them" without the "Web interface?"
Gmail isn't too bad, in my opinion; however, all Webmail applications (like
pretty much all Web applications) are slow, awkward and clunky. That, however,
appears to be the future of software.
As to an alternative to the "Web interface," please enlighten us.
-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
James Lee
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 7:45 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Google Apps With Jaws
Yea, I totally agree with Google Docks, but rest of them like Gmail,
Google voice, Google Calendar, and Google Contacts have alternative way
of accessing them without using the web interface. Also, the web
interface is hard to navigate, but it's not like totally inaccessible.
However, I can see how people without prior experience with their web
interface can be totally lost.
JL
On 4/6/2011 1:46 AM, John Martyn wrote:
> I really hope they do something about it, because you can't even
> script it.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marquette, Ed"
> <Ed.Marquette@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 8:31 PM
> Subject: RE: Google Apps With Jaws
>
>
>> Hello:
>> You just missed a round of discussions on this list about Google
>> Docs. I think several use certain Google applications with some
>> success, including G Mail; however, Google Docs is an access
>> disaster. None of the screen reader makers even try. Well, I talked
>> personally to technical support at Freedom Scientific, GW Micro, and
>> Serotek. All immediately described Google Docs as completely
>> inaccessible.
>> I've tried Google Docs. The suite of applications is supposed to be
>> a free, on-line equivalent to Microsoft Office.
>> There is even an article in the help section of the on-line manual
>> devoted to "Access with a Screen Reader." It is all a fraud. None
>> of it works.
>> Three cheers for NFB in taking on Google.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of James Lee
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 9:05 PM
>> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Google Apps With Jaws
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm new to the list, and I hope to learn about Jaws from many of you,
>> and hopefully I can be help as well.
>> I heard some of the colleges are switching to Google apps, and I think
>> NFB is concerned with the accessibility and suing some of the colleges.
>> http://www.nfb.org/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=771
>> The website has demonstration on how Google apps are inaccessible, but
>> in my opinion they're picking on it little too much.
>> Anyways, my school is also planning to switch as well, and they wanted
>> my opinion on it. Besides Google docs, major Google apps seem to work OK
>> for me even though their web interfaces are little clumsy. In fact, the
>> web interface that my school currently use is worse than Gmail. With
>> Gmail, I would gain iMap instead of pop3 too!
>> What I like about Google apps is that I can use Thunderbird and iPhone
>> to use Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Contacts, and they work quite
>> nicely because I don't have to deal with web interface. Even with web
>> interface, I think it's manageable.
>> I guess I just wanted to find out your opinions on Google apps because
>> what works for me might not be the case for others.
>> Do you think Google apps are notoriously bad with screen readers?
>> Thanks,
>>
>> JL
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