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Developing Digital Library Design Guidelines to Support Blind Users

Authors: Iris Xie, Rakesh Babu, Melissa D. Castillo, Tae Hee Lee, Sukjin YouiAuthors Info & Claims

ASSETS '18: Proceedings of the 20th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

Pages 401 - 403

https://doi.org/10.1145/3234695.3241024

Published: 08 October 2018 Publication History

Abstract

ABSTRACT This study investigates the types of help-seeking situations affecting 32 blind users in interacting with five digital libraries (DLs). Multiple methods were applied to collect data: pre-questionnaires, think aloud, transaction logs, and post-questionnaires. The paper identifies 43 types of situations under three categories of physical situations and five categories of cognitive situations. Most important, DL design guidelines are created to support blind users overcoming these situations.

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Xie IWang SLee TLee H(2023)Blind and Visually Impaired Users’ Interactions with Digital Libraries: Help-Seeking Situations in Mobile and Desktop EnvironmentsInternational Journal of Human–Computer Interaction10.1080/10447318.2023.2260673(1-19)Online publication date: 28-Sep-2023
https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2023.2260673
Alotaibi HS. Al-Khalifa HAlSaeed D(2020)Teaching Programming to Students with Vision Impairment: Impact of Tactile Teaching Strategies on Student’s Achievements and PerceptionsSustainability10.3390/su1213532012:13(5320)Online publication date: 1-Jul-2020
https://doi.org/10.3390/su12135320

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Developing Digital Library Design Guidelines to Support Blind Users
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Interaction design

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ASSETS '18: Proceedings of the 20th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

October 2018

508 pages

ISBN:9781450356503

DOI:10.1145/3234695

General Chair:
Faustina Hwang
University of Reading, UK
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University of British Columbia, Canada
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David Flatla
University of Guelph, Canada

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Xie IWang SLee TLee H(2023)Blind and Visually Impaired Users’ Interactions with Digital Libraries: Help-Seeking Situations in Mobile and Desktop EnvironmentsInternational Journal of Human–Computer Interaction10.1080/10447318.2023.2260673(1-19)Online publication date: 28-Sep-2023
https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2023.2260673
Alotaibi HS. Al-Khalifa HAlSaeed D(2020)Teaching Programming to Students with Vision Impairment: Impact of Tactile Teaching Strategies on Student’s Achievements and PerceptionsSustainability10.3390/su1213532012:13(5320)Online publication date: 1-Jul-2020
https://doi.org/10.3390/su12135320

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