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This paper presents a new system for non-visual navigation of tables located within a spreadsheet. The purpose is to provide a novel hierarchical non-visual navigation of tabular structures. The hierarchical view of the spreadsheet content, along with the user ability to select the desired table within a complex spreadsheet, provides greater flexibility than what offered by current assistive technologies. The proposed system allows the user to select a table and choose between different navigation strategies. The proposed approach introduces the solution in two stages: (i) table detection and recognition and (ii) non-visual navigation of the selected table. The system is provided as a plug-in for MS ExcelTM.
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Abu Doush, I., Pontelli, E. (2010). Non-visual Navigation of Spreadsheet Tables. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W., Karshmer, A. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6179. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14097-6_19
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