Accessing Google Docs via Screen Reader

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).

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: ICCHP
• Authors: Maria Claudia Buzzi, Marina Buzzi, Barbara Leporini, Giulio Mori, Victor M. Ruiz Penichet
• Keywords: Efficient Way, Groupware Systems, Human Computer Interaction, ICCHP 2010, Satisfactory User Interfaces