Learning by e-learning: breaking down barriers and creating opportunities for the visually-impaired

  • Authors:
  • Barbara Leporini;Marina Buzzi

  • Affiliations:
  • CNR-ISTI, Pisa, Italy;CNR-IIT, Pisa, Italy

  • Venue:
  • UAHCI'07 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Universal access in human-computer interaction: applications and services
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Today e-Learning is an important educational tool with multiple benefits. However, to be suitable for a large audience the learning objects, courses, and other forms of e-Learning content should be easy to use for all students, regardless of disability. This paper describes problems often encountered by a blind person using screen reader and voice synthesizer when using e-Learning systems, and proposes guidelines for designers in order to develope more accessible systems.