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Comparative study of accessibility evaluation methods with visual impaired

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Catharine Ferreira Bach,

Simone Bacellar Leal Ferreira,

Denis S. SilveiraAuthors Info & Claims

WebMedia '09: Proceedings of the XV Brazilian Symposium on Multimedia and the Web

Article No.: 21, Pages 1 - 8

https://doi.org/10.1145/1858477.1858498

Published: 05 October 2009 Publication History

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate features, pros and cons in preparing accessibility assessments in order to assist sites building. The evaluation has used a comparative study of different methods for accessibility evaluation. Toward this end, a study case was conducted involving accessibility evaluation automated tools and three methods of evaluation: assessing compliance with guidelines, assessment with specialists without visual impairment and evaluation with users with visual impairments. The results showed the characteristics of each method and tools used. Besides that, we have made a list of recommendations detailing aspects to be considered when designing an accessibility assessment.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2695664.2695771

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Comparative study of accessibility evaluation methods with visual impaired
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing profession
      1. Assistive technologies
  2. User characteristics
    1. People with disabilities

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Medina JCagnin MPaiva DWainwright RCorchado JBechini AHong J(2015)Evaluation of web accessibility on the maps domainProceedings of the 30th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing10.1145/2695664.2695771(157-162)Online publication date: 13-Apr-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2695664.2695771

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