Can any one share your thoughts on how Chrome browser works for normal/common web pages ( like cnn.com or any other news sites etc).Thanks in advance.
regards, siju samuel On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 5:43 PM, Cristóbal via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20140904/b9099c08/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
