Opening and closing dialogue boxes for the main function of the applications were performing perfectly when navigating and using enter or the spacebar to access the menus. The screen readers were able to access the button and labels with no issues. I discovered that the buttons were easy to find and the buttons were labeled. I explored the screens of the applications to find important buttons and labels. The basic navigation commands of using tab, arrow keys, and general built-in commands for the assistive software worked very well. I used JAWS and NVDA to see if navigation was accessible. In my testing research, I used two different text to speech software programs. I discovered many resources for my experiment and revealed many interesting discoveries. The bottom line is that being a participant or presenter is accessible, but acessing the screen shared material is not accessible. One problem would may be audio feedback, but a solution for this would be for the user to use a set of headphones or mute the software. I tested the function and was able to display my screen when using the text to speech software. The screen sharing tool was very user-friendly. The work around for this problem would be for the sighted assistant to read a loud the presented files, or to share the files prior to the conference for screen reading use. A user with low-vision may be able to use it with magnification tools. The files are virtualized into a frame which a completely blind user would not be able to access independently, even using OCR features. The issue with the Presenter function is that a blind person would not be able to see the presented object because of how it is displayed. A presenter can use the presenter portion to share their screen to demonstrate documents, presentations, or for trouble shooting equipment with sighted assistance. As a participant I can also use chat features to send files or send messages to other participants.Īs a Presenter, using the presenter feature in the applications worked well with little difficulties.
I can turn off my microphone and camera for privacy reasons. I can grant access to my camera and microphone very easily by using the prompted shortcuts when entering the virtual conference room. Participating in a Meet/Hangouts video conferencing works completely fine. The main topics that I researched were as follows: use as a participant use as a presenter web browser compatibility and program navigation. The one question many visually impaired users may have is, “How accessible are the programs?” Please read further to discover my research and testing results of Google Meet/Hangouts and the accessibility for the blind and visually impaired. The two similar, listed applications are developed by the company Google. Google Meet is available through business and educational G-Suite offerings, and Google Hangouts is available to most Google consumers. One way the visually impaired can communicate with each other is through Google Meet/Hangouts. In times like this in society, the visually impaired community needs a way to remain socially distant yet a way to communicate with people in their daily lives.
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