Google Slides Extension Can Make Presentation Software More Accessible For Blind Users
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 slideshow software, such as Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides, isn’t designed to make screen reader output coherent. Such programs typically rely on — which follows how objects are layered on a slide — when a screen reader navigates through the contents. Since the Z-order doesn’t adequately convey how a slide is laid out