Chrome is basically a lost cause for now, the WebKit rendering engine doesn't play nice. Google Docs could be made to work in theory if a browser environment really ready to handle all those Javascript events for a blind user could be gotten off the ground. Google Docs does implement ARIA, and the page on using Docs with a screen reader claims Docs is accessible with FF3+ and any screen readers supporting ARIA. I haven't tried Docs with an Aria-supporting screen reader personally. See more at http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=152439
On 6/14/2010 11:29 AM, Dorene Cornwell wrote:
I also have fiddled unahppily with Chrome but Google docs is more mixed: I can upload and download files fine but I edit in the native application, not on the web. But I have not done anything systematic to troubleshoot. Dorene Cornwell Seattle WA On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 7:03 AM, Donald Marang<donald.marang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:In my experience and from everything I have heard, Google Docs and Chrome are both completely inaccessible! Perhaps we should boycott Google! <grin> Oh no! Now I will be monitored by Google just like terrists are monitored by the government just by keywords in an email.<grin> Don Marang From: Homme, James Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 7:47 AM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Google Docs Hi, How accessible is Google Docs? I tried playing with it for a few minutes with JAWS 11 and I couldn't read what I was writing into a document. I was trying to write the document in my web browser. Is it better to make the document on my computer and upload it? Thanks. Jim Jim Homme, Usability Services, Phone: 412-544-1810. Skype: jim.homme Internal recipients, Read my accessibility blog. Discuss accessibility here. Accessibility Wiki: Breaking news and accessibility advice ________________________________ This e-mail and any attachments to it are confidential and are intended solely for use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not keep, use, disclose, copy or distribute this e-mail without the author's prior permission. The views expressed in this e-mail message do not necessarily represent the views of Highmark Inc., its subsidiaries, or affiliates.__________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind
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