Title :
Web accessibility for visual disabled: An expert evaluation of the Inclusite® solution
Author :
Marquez, S. ; Moreno, Felix ; Coret, J. ; Jimenez, Edward ; Alcantud, F. ; Guarinos, I.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Dev. Psychol. & Educ., Univ. of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Abstract :
This study analyzes web accessibility problems for people with visual disability and presents the results of testing a prototype of Inclusite® system, an access solution designed to facilitate web navigation for people with visual disability, consisting of a navigation interface through keyboard and speech synthesis. An expert typhlotechnologist conducts a navigation test in three sessions evaluating the prototype positively and suggesting aspects for improvement. The interface provides web access as a service, the access solution is hosted in the website, so that the user can perform navigation using a different computer (not the own) which does not have his usual technical aids, helping to reduce his dependence and enabling web access from any computer, providing web access for anyone, anywhere and anytime.
Keywords :
Web sites; handicapped aids; keyboards; speech synthesis; user interfaces; Inclusite solution; Web accessibility problem; Web navigation; Website; expert evaluation; keyboard; navigation interface; navigation test; speech synthesis; visual disabled; Blindness; Computers; Guidelines; Navigation; Organizations; Speech synthesis; Visualization; accessibility; visual disability; web access;
Conference_Titel :
Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL), 2012 15th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Villach
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2425-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2426-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICL.2012.6402094