Grouping hyperlinks for improved voice/mobile accessibility

  • Authors:
  • Alex Penev;Raymond K. Wong

  • Affiliations:
  • University of NSW, Australia;University of NSW, Australia

  • Venue:
  • W4A '08 Proceedings of the 2008 international cross-disciplinary conference on Web accessibility (W4A)
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

The majority of websites focus on the presentation of content as opposed to meeting standards or accessibility requirements. Accessibility is important for the future of the web: sites that are easier to use on a wider range of devices will likely attract more traffic. A factor guiding the evaluation of accessibility is how easy it is to find something on a page. We propose an on-demand automatic clustering of a page's hyperlinks to help a blind user locate a desired link quickly. Clustering related links into cohesive groups allows users to focus attention on a subset of content. Another application is to help create portal pages for hand-held mobile devices.