Making "google docs" user interface more accessible for blind people

Authors:
Giulio Mori;Maria Claudia Buzzi;Marina Buzzi;Barbara Leporini;Victor M. R. Penichet
Affiliations:
CNR-IIT, Pisa, Italy;CNR-IIT, Pisa, Italy;CNR-IIT, Pisa, Italy;CNR-ISTI, Pisa, Italy;Computer Systems Department, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain
Venue:
ADNTIIC'10 Proceedings of the First international conference on Advances in new technologies, interactive interfaces, and communicability
Year:
2010

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Abstract

Groupware systems are increasingly embedded in our everyday life, both at the office and at home. Thus groupware systems should offer easy interaction for all, including the differently-abled. In this paper we describe the design and implementation of a modified version of Google Docs (http://docs.google.com) interfaces for collaborative editing of documents. Although consisting of only a few Web pages (login, document list, text editing) this modified version shows how it would be possible to enhance interaction via screen reader and voice synthesizer with this popular groupware system, while maintaining its appealing "look&feel".