Engaging and Assessing Students with Google Docs

Semester Project - Menthor - Google Docs

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,...

Collaborative Editing for All: The Google Docs Example

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 o...

Extending Google Docs to Collaborate on Research Papers

Researchers have many software options to write research papers on their own, but comparatively fewer options when they want to collaborate with others. Techniques such as Concurrent Versioning Systems and Computer Supported Cooperative Work groupware systems are still used far less often than email exchange of documents annotated with changes. We argue that the two main reasons for this state ...

A Modified Google Docs UI accessible via screen reader

Collaborative editors are simple tools that enable people to create, share and exchange documents via Internet, quickly enhancing learning, knowledge and socialization. However, at present collaborative software is designed with little attention to the needs of differently-abled persons, such as the blind. Dynamic user interfaces and visual features delivering meaning may be inaccessible via sc...