Overview
Important: Some features require local provision and won’t be available in all locales.
You can use Google Docs Editors applications, like Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, to create and collaborate on documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and videos. You can use these applications on various devices, like computers, smartphones, and tablets.
These applications are designed to be accessible to all users. This includes users with disabilities. There are many built-in accessibility features, like:
- Screen reader
- Magnifier compatibility
- Keyboard navigation
- Braille display support
- Closed captions and transcripts
- High contrast mode support
- Voice typing
Tip: For best results, use the latest version of:
- Google Docs Editors
- Browser
- Operating system
- Assistive technology
Vision
To interact with your device with touch and spoken feedback, you can turn on “VoiceOver” to:
- Describe Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides elements and content as you perform actions.
- Inform you about alerts and notifications.
Learn how to turn on and practice VoiceOver on iPhone.
To customize the appearance of Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, you can:
- Use Dark theme in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides.
- Use templates to create documents with structured formats that don't depend on just visual styles to be understood.
- Zoom or change your document view to adjust the content size without affecting other users of the same content.
If you want to adjust colors, use iPhone features like:
These iPhone features for low vision assistance may be useful:
- Screen magnification
- Text scaling
- Screen resolution
- Select to speak
Tip: For more information on the features for low-vision assistance, refer to the accessibility features on iPhone.
Hearing
You can use Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides without hearing, but you can also add video content. To make the content accessible to people who are deaf or hard of hearing, add captions. To add caption tracks, you need to upload them on your computer. Learn how to add caption tracks to your video files.
Alternative input
If you connect an external keyboard to your iPhone or iPad, you can use keyboard shortcuts in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. For the list of shortcuts, check these articles:
- Keyboard shortcuts for Google Docs
- Keyboard shortcuts for Google Sheets
- Keyboard shortcuts for Google Slides
These iPhone features for interaction and dexterity may be useful:
- To navigate and interact with the user interface, add a switch device.
- To navigate without touch, use Eye Tracking.
- To navigate and interact by voice, configure iPhone Voice Control.
- Add a touchpad and cursor to the “Assistant” menu.
- Configure settings like:
- AssistiveTouch
- Touch sensitivity
- Duration settings
- Add a physical keyboard with Sticky Keys, Slow Keys, and Key Repeat.
Tip: For more information on platform settings for interaction or dexterity, refer to the accessibility features for mobility on iPhone.
Cognition
Users with cognitive challenges like processing disorders or distraction issues have different requirements. Some users need extensive hints, more information density, and attention-grabbing UI to stay on task, while others need minimal distractions. To meet these requirements, Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides provide settings and features to address these issues. For example:
- Toggle document outline, ruler, and non-printing characters
- Show, hide, or minimize comments and action items
- Zoom or change your document view
You can also use these additional features:
- Animation toggle
- Notification timeout and appearance
- Select to speak
To learn more about these additional features, check the cognitive accessibility features.