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From: Minnery, Bob (EDU)
Date: Thu, Jun 08 2017 12:27PM
Subject: Google Read and Write
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Google Read and Write is becoming very popular very fast. The accessibility of GRW with tagged documents is hit and miss.
Are other transcribers running into issues when they send tagged PDF's to stakeholders who use Google Read and Write.


Go Bold'n
bob Minnery
Manager
Alternative Educational Resources Ontario
W. Ross Macdonald School for the Visually Impaired and Deafblind
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From: David Farough
Date: Fri, Jun 09 2017 8:19AM
Subject: Re: Google Read and Write
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I think you will need to find out if Google read and write is using the
tag order or the content order when processing the PDF documents.
My guess is that it is using the content order. This might explain the
results you are getting with tagged documents.

For Blind or visually impaired students Google read and write may not
be the best option.

David Farough

Coordonnateur de l'accessibilité des applications, Services intégrés de
gestion des TI
Commission de la fonction publique du Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
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819-420-8408

Application Accessibility Co-ordinator, Corporate IT Management
Public Service Commission of Canada / Government of Canada
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>>> "Minnery, Bob (EDU)" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > 02:27 PM Thursday,
June 08, 2017 >>>
Google Read and Write is becoming very popular very fast. The
accessibility of GRW with tagged documents is hit and miss.
Are other transcribers running into issues when they send tagged PDF's
to stakeholders who use Google Read and Write.


Go Bold'n
bob Minnery
Manager
Alternative Educational Resources Ontario
W. Ross Macdonald School for the Visually Impaired and Deafblind
350 Brant Ave. Brantford On.,
N3T 3J9
= EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = <mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
http://alternativeresources.ca<;http://alternativeresources.ca/>;
1-519-759-2522 ext.288
519-865-2772

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From: EA Draffan
Date: Fri, Jun 09 2017 8:42AM
Subject: Re: Google Read and Write
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I have written to the development team at TextHelp to ask advice and they are getting back to us, but as suggested this app is designed to support those with specific learning difficulties, literacy skill difficulties and dyslexia (LD) or English as a second language etc.

Best wishes
E.A.

Mrs E.A. Draffan
WAIS, ECS , University of Southampton
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