Accessibility Testing GoogleForms

Table of Google Forms Accessibility Notes

Date Issue Reported	Issue	Description	Resolution	Notes
03/09/17	Question: How do you add alternative text to an image in a Google Form?	Received question from Marketing Department.	Procedure: After inserting an image, click the three vertical dots to the the right of the Image Title field and select Hover text. A "Hover text" field appears. Type the alternative text. On the user end, this becomes both the image's title and its alternative text.	n/a
03/16/17	Unable to access Google Form with JAWS screen reader	Tested a simple Google form with NVDA and JAWS 18 in IE11, Firefox v45.8.0, and Chrome v54.0.2840.59. Could access all parts of the form (including the question text, image alt text, and form fields) with NVDA, but JAWS could not access any text other than the headings and this was only when the Headings dialog box was specifically called up. From the dialog box, could jump to a selected heading, but could not get JAWS to read the text below each heading, and could not access the image. If navigating via the Headings dialog box, could Tab to a form field if navigating via the Headings dialog box, but without access to the text above the form field as instruction, unable to know what to type in the field. Researched Freedom Scientific's New Features for more information and posted issue to ATHEN listserv.	For JAWS v.18.0.2530, the virtual cursor is turned off for all Google Suite products. To access these elements, the virtual cursor must be turned on (Insert + z). Solution provided by Glenn Dausch, Assistive Technology Specialist, Disability Support Services at Stony Brook University.	Tested internally and the solution worked.