Hi, A couple of things. Google makes it difficult to use their web apps due to the ever changing nature of their coding of the apps. Basic accessibility is always present, but the more interactive nature of these apps is not always quite so friendly. I would first make sure that you always ensure that Accessible mode is enabled. Second, actually working within the editable area is often a challenge. I suggest that when using VO, just use arrow navigation, no VO keys. If focus is in the editable area, when you arrow down or up, you'll be navigating line by line. Right/left goes character by character. Add the Option key to the right/left action and you can go word by word. There is also a link, or button, that reads something about "Editing" that when pressed, often makes sure that focus for the cursor is in the editable area. The other thing that I find useful is to use a combination of tools. ChromeVox in Chrome often allows you to get at editable items more easily as well as many of the menu actions. Using a combination of ChromeVox, Chrome, VO and Safari often gives you the most success.
Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Nov 19, 2018, at 09:02, Jonathan Cohn <jon.c.c...@gmail.com> wrote: hello, I would be interested in working with you to figure this out. I am not an active user of Google documents but have used them on occasion on both my Braille Note Touch and my Macintosh. > May I contact you off list and from a more personal e-mail address to > discuss. I am not interested in receiving any compensation. I am interested > in how blind students work with technology, and how specifically the products > we use are considered by people like you. Thanks! Jonathan Cohn > On Nov 19, 2018, at 10:37 AM, frednav...@gmail.com > <mailto:frednav...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > I am a teacher of the visually impaired and working with a freshman > highschooler who has a MacBook provided by her school. Her teachers are using > Google classroom. She uses voiceover on her phone and is very competent. > > As her TVI I am trying to help her learn voiceover on the laptop. We are > looking for any advice and information regarding using voice over and google > classroom in Google docs. Using the rotar has been quite helpful. We have > been able to navigate to open up a new document, but cannot figure out how to > get inside the document to begin typing. Any help with learning to navigate > and work within Google Docs and Google classroom is much appreciated!! > > Fredna Van Dellen, TVI > fredn...@tcoe.org <mailto:fredn...@tcoe.org> > > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ <http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries <https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
