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How is a chromebook at accessibility? (self.Blind)
submitted by LeDoTa
aml715 2 points 1y ago
As far as I’m aware, it’s moderately ok, and continues to get improvements. I guess google contracted with a CATIS to make sure their accessibility is competitive. It doesn’t have quite as many built in features as you’d find on a Mac or windows machine, but overall it’s fairly solid. Is there a particular feature that’s more important to you, like voiceover or zoom capabilities?
LeDoTa [OP] 2 points 1y ago
I have no useable sight so voice over
aml715 1 points 1y ago
It does have voiceover available. I haven’t worked with it extensively, so I can’t say for sure what its full capabilities are, but it seems to work fine. I suppose you could also look into installing a 3rd party voiceover program like NVDA as well if its existing capabilities weren’t enough.
zersiax 1 points 1y ago
Can't install NVDA on a chromebook :)
No windows, so no NVDA.
Having said that though, Chromevox is a pretty good screen reader for the Chrome OS operaing system, so you should be good if you want to live within those confines.
No windows, so no NVDA.
Having said that though, Chromevox is a pretty good screen reader for the Chrome OS operaing system, so you should be good if you want to live within those confines.
aml715 1 points 1y ago
Oops! Thanks for the correction, my bad!
r_1235 1 points 1y ago
Whats Catis? is it some accessibility contracter or company?
aml715 1 points 1y ago
Certified assistive technology instruction specialist :)
TechnicalPragmatist 1 points 1y ago
It has chromevox and talk back and is quite accessible. I recommend.
Shadowwynd 1 points 1y ago
When it works, it is OK. They really like 4-finger shortcuts (some Chromebooks have a "search" key that simplifies some of these).
It is fully usable; it is similar on difficulty to VoiceOver on Mac, nowhere near as featured or difficult to learn as JAWS. You can learn most of it in a couple days.
It is also the most jittery screenreader I have ever used (I teach JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, Talkback, ChromeVox) by a comfortable margin. It likes to just go quiet on you for no reason - stopping it and restarting it (via hotkey) fixes a lot of problems, but it needs this medicine often.
It is fully usable; it is similar on difficulty to VoiceOver on Mac, nowhere near as featured or difficult to learn as JAWS. You can learn most of it in a couple days.
It is also the most jittery screenreader I have ever used (I teach JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, Talkback, ChromeVox) by a comfortable margin. It likes to just go quiet on you for no reason - stopping it and restarting it (via hotkey) fixes a lot of problems, but it needs this medicine often.
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