Automatic inspection-based support for obtaining usable Web sites for vision-impaired users

  • Authors:
  • Francesco Correani;Barbara Leporini;Fabio Paternò

  • Affiliations:
  • ISTI-C.N.R, 56124, Pisa, Italy;ISTI-C.N.R, 56124, Pisa, Italy;ISTI-C.N.R, 56124, Pisa, Italy

  • Venue:
  • Universal Access in the Information Society
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

The aim of this work is to provide designers and developers of Web applications with support to obtain systems that are usable for vision-impaired users. To this end, a number of design criteria to improve Web site navigation through screen readers or other similar devices have been defined. A user test by blind and vision-impaired subjects showed that such criteria improve Web site usability both qualitatively and quantitatively. An inspection-based tool has been developed to ease the application of the defined criteria. Its main features are presented in this article along with examples of applications and related discussion.