Editing Online with a Screen Reader with Google Docs and Fusion

Date & Time

Wednesday, March 16, 2022 - 9:20 AM PST  

Location

Platinum 5 (VISPERO)  

Description

Are you new to Google Docs? Have you seen the Google applications work in real time with a Powerful screen reader like JAWS? Want to learn more about how you can write, edit, and collaborate on documents from anywhere? In this session we introduce you to Google Docs, describe its layout, demonstrate its features, and provide useful shortcuts to improve your user experience. Whether you use it at home, school, or work, you’ll benefit from this task-based training highlighting important editing and formatting tools that make document creation and collaboration possible with this popular application. We will show you how to turn on Screen reader and Braille Support using keyboard commands, create and open documents, collaborate with other users, get help in Google Docs and access a list of keyboard commands, share a Google Doc using JAWS, and email a Google doc as an attachment.  

Audience

• Higher Education
• K-12 Education
• Employment & Human Resources

Audience Level

Beginning  

Session Summary (Abstract)

In this session we introduce you to Google Docs, describe its layout, demonstrate its features, and provide useful shortcuts to improve your user experience with a Powerful screen reader like JAWS.  

Session Type

General Track  

Topic

• Blind/Low Vision

Presenters

• Elizabeth Whitaker
  Vispero
• Rachel Buchanan
  Vispero

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