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Google docs: presentations, Features and options, User resources – Google Accessibility Administrator Guide User Manual

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Administrator Guide to Accessibility

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Google Apps Services & Accessibility

Google Docs: Presentations

Google Presentations was recently optimized for screen readers. It also supports the use

of screen magnifiers and many tasks are accessible with keyboard shortcuts.

Features and options

Supports the use of screen readers and screen magnifiers

Supports the use of keyboard shortcuts

User resources

Screen reader instructions for Google Presentations:

https://support.google.com/

docs/bin/answer.py?answer=1634140

Google Presentations keyboard shortcuts:

http://support.google.com/docs/bin/

answer.py?answer=66280

Areas for development

Core functionality in the edit area is not fully supported by keyboard shortcuts

Not all sufficient text information is exposed (i.e., text attributes)

VPAT documentation

Google Presentations VPAT documentation:

http://www.google.com/google-d-s/accessibility/presentations.html

Docs products that are not yet accessible

Google Drawings can be accessed via Google Presentations with the use of a screen

reader and keyboard shortcuts. More information and step-by-step instructions:

https://support.google.com/docs/bin/answer.py?answer=1634140

Creating Google Forms is not yet accessible, but the forms that you create in Google

Docs are accessible as long as you indicate when a field is required (the asterisk is not

spoken).