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<p class="MsoNormal">I was just looking at Google’s site, <a href="https://support.google.com/docs/topic/6039805?hl=en&ref_topic=1382883">
Accessibility for Docs editors</a> and their page <a href="https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/1630828?hl=en&ref_topic=6272668">
Use Google Calendar with a screen reader</a>.  It looks like they’ve made some significant improvements since the last studies I saw, the 2012 ATHEN studies.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Has anyone done any formal (or otherwise!) research into their current status since these changes have been made?  If you’re using them, have you seen improvements for keyboard-only and screen reader users?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<br>
sb<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright","serif";color:#1F497D">Sarah E. Bourne<br>
Director of IT Accessibility, MassIT <br>
Commonwealth of Massachusetts<br>
1 Ashburton Pl. rm 811 Boston MA 02108<br>
617-626-4502 <br>
<a href="mailto:sarah.bourne@mass.gov"><span style="color:#1F497D">sarah.bourne@mass.gov</span></a>
<br>
<a href="http://www.mass.gov/MassIT"><span style="color:#1F497D">http://www.mass.gov/MassIT</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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