Paper Info
Title
Collaborative editing for all: the google docs example
Abstract
Collaborative software tools allow people to share documents and knowledge via Internet, in a simple, economic and efficient way. Unfortunately collaborative software often relies heavily on visual features and dynamic technologies with user interfaces that are difficult to use via screen reader, or are sometimes even inaccessible for the blind. In this paper we illustrate and discuss results of an accessibility inspection of the main collaborative functions of Google Docs using the JAWS screen reader. Results highlight several difficulties encountered when interacting with elements of the Google Docs interfaces. Content perception is often incomplete, since many elements or changes occurring in the collaborative environment are not intercepted by the screen reader and announced to the user. In addition, the behavior of the collaborative functions analyzed (as well as the rendering) changes from one web browser to another. Some general guidelines are discussed, for designing user interfaces of collaborative editors that are more usable when interacting via screen reader.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1007/978-3-642-21657-2_18
HCI (8)
Keywords
Field
DocType
main collaborative function,collaborative editing,google docs example,user interface,collaborative software tool,jaws screen reader,collaborative function,collaborative editor,collaborative environment,google docs interface,collaborative software,screen reader,groupware,accessibility
USable,Screen reader,World Wide Web,Collaborative editing,Computer science,Collaborative software,Human–computer interaction,Rendering (computer graphics),User interface,Perception,The Internet
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
6768
0302-9743
6
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.63
5
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Giulio Mori163242.10
Maria Claudia Buzzi216023.60
Marina Buzzi324233.45
Barbara Leporini442846.45
Victor M. R. Penichet5577.28