Hi,
I am on the opposite end of the spectrum and that I prefer using Gmail on the web. It is simple and has worked for me since 2005 with a screen reader. You need to make sure that basic HTML is your default view. You can do this by choosing Basic HTML as soon as you login and then after that to set as default view. After that, everything should work fine. I haven't had any problems checking email with it, like I said. A few tricks and tips are, ask for checkboxes to get to the Messages quickly. The B, for buttons to get to delete, archive, etc. once in an email, go to the bottom of the page with control plus end, then use shift H to go to the last heading on the page. The next thing I do is, press and for nonlink text and usually, that takes me to the body of the message.
Jon
> On Dec 3, 2015, at 9:34 AM, Bill Pasco <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I cannot speak to Hotmail.
>
> Gmail is semi accessible using the native app particularly if you make
> sure to use HTML view instead of 'normal" view. You can read and respond
> to email, though in my view the interface is clunky. Some features are not
> accessible such as the spell checker.
>
> I still say though that a better way to access Gmail is through a
> dedicated email client such as Outlook. You can set Gmail to use IMAP and
> sink it to your Outlook. This really works well for both the email and
> calendar. I find this a lot more satisfying than trying to use Google
> directly.
>
> Bill
>
>
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> Subject: [VICUG-L] Two unrelated questions
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> Hi:
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1. Last I checked, both G-mail and hotmail were essentially inaccessible
> for people who use screenreaders (I use JAWS 14).
> To what extent is this still true?
>
> 2. For those who use Authorxpress to post blogs: has anyone been
> successful in accepting comments to be posted to a particular blog post
> using JAWS? If so, how?
>
> Thanks, and best wishes, Peter
>
>
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