Chrome and Jaws are a complete no-go. Google services are getting better at working with Jaws. I use Sheets and am able to get around it well enough. Can't say I've played around with Docs. The main thing is to either work with the virtual cursor or use the Jaws cursor depending on the service you're working in. Give: http://www.marcozehe.de/2014/07/08/accessibility-in-google-apps-an-overview/ A read.
-----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Martz via Jfw Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 3:36 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Google and JAWS Hi all -- I'm new to this list. For context, I'm losing my eyesight slowly to retinitis pigmentosa, and as a consequence, I've been slowly learning JAWS with an end-goal of doing all my computing tasks with JAWS and foregoing visual use altogether. All has been going well, except for Google. The main problem is the internet browser. Google Chrome and JAWS just don't play well together. Well, okay, so I switch to Internet Explorer or Firefox, right? Unfortunately, those browsers don't play well with the web-based Google services I use, such as Google Docs, GMail, and Google Code. So my preference would be to continue to use Google Chrome, and find ways to make it work with JAWS. So far I haven't been having much luck. One specific problem is that any time I follow a link to a new page, JAWS doesn't realize the page has changed. The Say All command, or the Read Next Line commands, just read text from the old page. Even though Google Chrome is corrently displaying the new page (I have some eyesight left, so I can see this). The other problem is the two different formats that most Google web pages use: Standard, and Basic HTML. Standard format definitely has problems with JAWS. Basic HTML works better, but the interface is practically unusable. Google has put very little effort into making their Basic HTML pages usable. And my pleas to Google to add some very basic features to Basic HTML have fallen on deaf ears. So, here I am, posting to the JFW list. Does anyone have any helpful hints on using Google Chrome with JAWS? How about using Google standard format web pages with JAWS? Any help would be appreciated. -- -Paul -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/201409 02/fc8f6e9e/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
