From assistive technology to a web accessibility service

Authors:
Peter G. Fairweather;Vicki L. Hanson;Sam R. Detweiler;Richard S. Schwerdtfeger
Affiliations:
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center,Yorktown Heights, NY;IBM T.J. Watson Research Center,Hawthorne, NY;IBM Accessibility Center, Austin, TX;IBM Accessibility Center, Austin, TX
Venue:
Proceedings of the fifth international ACM conference on Assistive technologies
Year:
2002

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Abstract

This paper considers different ways to enhance access to the World Wide Web for persons with sensory, cognitive, or motor limitations. Paradoxically, while complex Web architectures may seem to have inhibited accessibility, they have broadened the range of points where we can try to improve it. This paper identifies these points and evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of each. In particular, it describes a project to develop a strategy to enhance access that can be distributed across multiple control points and implemented as an aggregation of Web services.