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From: L Snider
Date: Mar 2, 2016 12:54PM

Hi Lucy,

Good to know, thanks so much! I gather they had a very specific audience in
mind for it, seems that way anyway...Too bad, because I can see it being
really useful for most people.

Cheers

Lisa

On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 12:57 PM, Lucy Greco < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> hello:
> it works well but a screen reader user gets no echo back of what is beeing
> typed so its still hard to use with a screen reader. i can do it but its a
> reel pain lucy
>
> Lucia Greco
> Web Accessibility Evangelist
> IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration
> University of California, Berkeley
> (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco
> http://webaccess.berkeley.edu
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>
>
> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 10:26 AM, L Snider < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > Just curious what y'all think about Google's new Voice Type feature in
> > Google Docs?
> > https://support.google.com/docs/answer/4492226?hl=en
> >
> >
> > I researched accessibility and Google Docs a few months back and it still
> > had its issues. I am wondering whether that is still the case? Good about
> > the new feature, but if everyone can't access it then I do wonder (but
> > maybe I am wrong here)...
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Lisa
>