A Google Slides extension can make presentation software more accessible for blind users

A team led by researchers at the University of Washington has created A11yBoard for Google Slides, a browser extension and phone or tablet app that allows blind users to navigate through complex slide layouts, objects, images and text. Here, a user demonstrates the touchscreen interface. Credit: University of Washington

Screen readers, which convert digital text to audio, can make computers more accessible to many disabled users—including those who are blind, low vision or dyslexic. Yet…

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