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Christopher Chaltain <[log in to unmask]>
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Christopher Chaltain <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 30 Mar 2016 20:02:41 -0500
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I also use the web interface for the Google Calendar all of the time. 
I'm using Orca with Firefox on Linux, but I'd assume that it would also 
work with JAWS. It's gotten a lot better over the years, but maybe if 
you asked how to do a few tasks, someone could walk you through how to 
complete those tasks.

On 30/03/16 17:07, Ana G wrote:
> Jeff,
>
> I use Google Calendar all the time. I do not use Outlook, so I can't
> help with anything connected to that.
>
> I have a vague memory of going into my Google Account Settings at one
> point and clicking an option that says something about accessibility or
> basic HTML view, but I can't swear on a stack of bibles.
>
> The Calendar interface itself is wonky with Jaws, but once you get used
> to it, it's fine.
>
> On the main screen, I use Jaws find to locate the Create button when I
> want to make a new event.
>
> On the New Event screen, I use the letter E to jump to edit fields. From
> the top of the screen, I believe the first one is Search. Then is the
> event title, the next ones are the start date, start time, end time, and
> end date. After that there's an edit field for inviting guests (e.g., if
> you and I were collaborating, you'd use this to send me an email
> notification). Location and Notes come after that. The screen has other
> things, but I find it easiest to jump to the nearest edit field, then
> arrow up or down from there. Save is a button near the top of the
> screen, so when I'm done filling out the form, I use ctrl+home to jump
> to the beginning, then b to find the buttons.
>
> Jaws tends to get stuck in edit boxes, and it often misreads the label
> for the edit box. To get unstuck, I hit the PC cursor button or the
> escape key. Hitting escape sometimes brings the
> do-you-want-to-continue-or-discard dialog; I click on continue. To work
> around the second problem, I just arrow up to read the label. At this
> point, I'm so familiar with the interface, I mostly trust that I'm where
> I belong.
>
> Since I'm an Android user, I tend to read my list of events on my phone,
> but I sometimes read them on the computer. Agenda View works best.
> There's is a way to set that on the computer. I remember doing it, but I
> don't remember what the steps were. If you don't figure it out, I can
> try to rediscover it.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Ciao
>
>
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