Accessing Google docs via screen reader

  • Authors:
  • Maria Claudia Buzzi;Marina Buzzi;Barbara Leporini;Giulio Mori;Victor M. R. Penichet

  • Affiliations:
  • CNR-IIT, Pisa, Italy;CNR-IIT, Pisa, Italy;CNR-ISTI, Pisa, Italy;CNR-IIT, Pisa, Italy;Computer Systems Department, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain

  • Venue:
  • ICCHP'10 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Computers helping people with special needs: Part I
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Groupware systems allow remote collaboration via computer in a simple, economic and efficient way. However, to be universally valuable, groupware systems must be accessible and usable for all, including the differently-abled. In this paper we discuss the results of testing the accessibility and usability of Google Docs (http://docs.google.com) when using a screen reader and a voice synthesizer, and suggest some basic guidelines for designing effective, efficient and satisfactory User Interfaces (UIs).