Usability and Accessibility of eBay by Screen Reader
USAB '09 Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Workgroup Human-Computer Interaction and Usability Engineering of the Austrian Computer Society on HCI and Usability for e-Inclusion
Accessing Google docs via screen reader
ICCHP'10 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Computers helping people with special needs: Part I
Making "google docs" user interface more accessible for blind people
ADNTIIC'10 Proceedings of the First international conference on Advances in new technologies, interactive interfaces, and communicability
Collaborative editing for all: the google docs example
UAHCI'11 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Universal access in human-computer interaction: applications and services - Volume Part IV
Google news: how user-friendly is it for the blind?
Proceedings of the 29th ACM international conference on Design of communication
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This paper describes the progress of a research project aimed at improving the usability of web search tools for blind users who interact via screen readers and voice synthesizers. In the first stage of research, specific guidelines were proposed for simplifying the interaction with search engines for the blind. To evaluate these criteria, they were applied to Google user interfaces, by re-implementing the search form as well as the results page. Finally, the redesigned interfaces were evaluated through remote testing with 12 totally blind users. The results highlighted how Google, although already accessible, may be further improved in order to simplify interaction for people with impaired vision.