Yesterday Google announced improvements to Google Drive and all their editors: Docs, Sheet, Slides, Drawings, and Forms. Many of the changes are targeted specifically toward blind and low-vision users.
Among the changes are:
- Improved screen reader support for Drive and Docs
- Improved keyboard access
- Support for zoom & high-contrast mode
- Improved usability with the screen readers.
- Improved screen reader support for Docs, Sheets, Slides Drawings and Forms
- Support for alt text on images in Docs
- Improved support for keyboard when editing charts & pivot tables in Sheets
- Screen reader improvement including spelling suggestion, comments and revision history
- Quick search of menus and ability to perform actions in Docs, Slide and Drawings.
- Refreshable Braille display support
- Step-by-step guides for screen readers and Braille display
Read more on the accessibility improvements. And see the Google Accessibility site.
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