I know it might be pretty weird to ask this on AppleVis, but I’m wondering if there are any Chrome OS users out there. Android seems to work pretty well for the blind, but what about Google’s computing platform? What are your experiences? I’ve tried Linux, macOS, and Windows; now I’d love to test Chrome OS on my MacBook. Is there any way to install it virtually and get TalkBack running? Thanks in advance!
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ChromeVox
;The big thing is you'll have a new screen reader: ChromeVox. It works similarly to others but has its own list of commands, and also its own shortcomings. It's included in ChromeOS.
90% of using ChromeOS is just using web apps in the Chrome web browser. SO you can really think of it as using Chrome but with a different screen reader. In fact, you can install ChromeVox into Chrome browser and get most of the experience, at least on Windows.
You can also run it in a VM. I have not done it. Google points us to https://promevo.com/blog/chrome-os-and-virtual-machines-vdi
ChromeOS also supports running Android apps, and for that you'll have to install TalkBack. NOte, I am not sure if this is supported on all hardware, you may need a ChromeBook with decent RAM.
Thank you!
Thank you very much for the detailed response. I was actually interested in testing the ChromeVox screen reader through the Chrome extension. However, Google’s own extension doesn’t seem to follow the proper practices or standards for extension development. Here’s the error message I received:
“This extension is no longer available because it doesn’t follow best practices for Chrome extensions.”
Any opinions/suggestions?
Oh a mac OS thing...
I tried installing the screen reader on my windows VM and it worked; I guess it's just not designed for the Chrome on mac OS