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Accessing Google Docs via Screen Reader

2010; Springer Science+Business Media; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-642-14097-6_17

1611-3349

Maria Claudia Buzzi, Marina Buzzi, Barbara Leporini, Giulio Mori, Víctor M. R. Penichet,

Open Source Software Innovations

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).