ChromeBooks could be manufactured by multiple companies, such as 
Samsung, Lenovo and so on. They would be running ChromeOS from Google 
though, but I don't find Google to be any more or less committed to 
accessibility than many other companies. I use a lot of Google products, 
such as Chrome, ChromeVox, Android, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Drive and 
so on. I find them all accessible enough to be usable. There are 
products and applications from Apple and Microsoft that I run into that 
aren't accessible, so I wouldn't rule out something from Google just 
because of someone els's preconception about their commitment to 
accessibility. I'd get feedback from people who are actually using 
ChromeBooks and base your decision on their informed opinions.

On 05/01/2015 02:34 PM, Claude Everett wrote:
> I'll bet that chrome books are owned by Google and I would not really trust anything that is a Google product at this point when one is thinking about total accessibility for blind or visually impaired students.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On May 1, 2015, at 12:00 PM, Christine Powers <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> They I T department at my school feels that our student should switch from iPads to chrome books. All of the students at the school are visually impaired. Are  chrome books accessible for students who are blind or visually impaired?
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>     VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List.
>> Archived on the World Wide Web at
>>     http://listserv.icors.org/archives/vicug-l.html
>>     Signoff: [log in to unmask]
>>     Subscribe: [log in to unmask]
>
>
>      VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List.
> Archived on the World Wide Web at
>      http://listserv.icors.org/archives/vicug-l.html
>      Signoff: [log in to unmask]
>      Subscribe: [log in to unmask]
>

-- 
Christopher (CJ)
chaltain at Gmail


    VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List.
Archived on the World Wide Web at
    http://listserv.icors.org/archives/vicug-l.html
    Signoff: [log in to unmask]
    Subscribe: [log in to unmask]