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From: Lucy GRECO
Date: Apr 12, 2021 11:21AM

Hello
i am not sure why you think that google forms are not accessible i find
them to have excellent accessibility. i use them constantly and find they
work vary well. they are also the only tool that i know of that has an
accessible creation. i make forms in it and they work well. why do you
think they are not accessible. please explain 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 Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 10:02 AM Laurie Kamrowski < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> My organization is a 'Google' organization, and I am trying to find a
> solution for having 'fillable' forms. Google Forms is not accessible, and
> most of the legacy documents that we have use underlining and underscores
> to create a writing space.
>
> I am trying to navigate this in the a way that is the least painful for
> everyone to use, and currently I am remediating the document into a
> fillable PDF but that gets clunky. The particular project that I am working
> is intended to be a printed form that is handed to institutions that host
> our interns.
>
> Has anyone tried to write a script for Google Docs that will allow for
> fillable forms, something that would essentially save as a new version of
> the document? That's what I am currently playing around with.
>
> Please do not try to sell me my own job. We are a small college and we
> cannot afford external software or services.
>
> Laurie Kamrowski
> She/Her/Hers
> Accessibility Specialist
> Mid Michigan College
> > > > >