An Adaptive Semantic Model to Enhance Web Accessibility to Visually Impaired Users (Short Paper)

2016 ◽  
pp. 682-689 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatiana Sorrentino ◽  
Alexandre Santos ◽  
Joaquim Macedo ◽  
Cláudia Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Web Accessibility ◽  
Short Paper ◽  
Semantic Model

Study on information patients with vision impairment receive from ophthalmologists in Japan

2021 ◽  
pp. 026461962110381
Author(s):  
Risa Nara ◽  
Yukie Sato ◽  
Yusuke Masuda ◽  
Masamitsu Misono ◽  
Koichi Tanida
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Web Accessibility ◽  
Vision Impairment ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Information Media ◽  
To Receive

The purpose of this study was to determine whether people with visual impairment in Japan are provided with useful information by their ophthalmologist while being notified of their disability, and what information is needed by these individuals upon being diagnosed. An analysis of the responses from 197 respondents revealed that only 30.45% had been provided information by their ophthalmologist upon being diagnosed, while 69.55% patients were not provided any information. When asked about the form of media they used to receive information, the most frequently used was the internet (16.68%). As web accessibility is not sufficient in Japan, making information media accessible to the visually impaired is a challenge. Finally, when asked about the type of information they would like to be provided, the most common answer was information about peer support. This suggests that ophthalmologists are expected to (1) understand the needs of the visually impaired and (2) provide information appropriately and promptly.

Web Accessibility Assessment Through Multi-Agent Support for Visually Impaired Users

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (03) ◽  
pp. 2050005
Author(s):  
Rafaela Mazalu ◽  
Alejandra Cechich
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Intelligent Agents ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Web Accessibility ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
End User ◽  
Complex Procedure ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
The Individual

In general, users who access Web sites do not necessarily have the same abilities in terms of cognitive, sensory and physical conditions. An accessible Web site is one whose content can be used by as many users as possible; and to improve accessibility, the use of evaluation tools has been incorporated among other resources. However, from the point of view of the end user, the evaluation obtained by most of these tools does not fit to the individual needs and abilities of the users. On the other hand, there is a greater understanding of the need to automate the support to reach higher levels of accessibility. Promoting this type of support on both the developer and the end-user sides is a complex procedure that can be done by incorporating intelligent features, such as the collaborative participation of intelligent agents. In this paper, we introduce a multi-agent system based on visually impaired user’s profiles to improve Web Accessibility assessment. The proposal is validated through a proof of concept, by contrasting results against 10 wide-known assessment tools. Our results show that evaluations are more focused, and therefore, unnecessary assessments are avoided improving efficiency.

scholarly journals Evaluating Web Accessibility of Educational Websites

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bayan Abu Shawar
Keyword(s):  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Universal Access ◽  
Web Accessibility ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Arab Region ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Educational Institute ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Technical Aid

Web accessibility concerns of building websites that are accessible by all people regardless of their ability or disability. The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) has been established to raise awareness of universal access. WAI develops guidelines which can help to ensure that Web pages are widely accessible. Assistive technology is used to increase, improve, and maintain capabilities of disabled persons to execute tasks that are sometimes difficult or impossible to do without technical aid. Also it helps them achieve their scholar, professional and social activities. This paper exposes an approach to investigate accessible contents of educational websites to ensure and measure its compliance with accessibility standards for visually impaired people. This study focuses on studying existing standards and investigating its applicability on educational institute websites. This will increase accessibility on e-learning materials that are provided by educational institutes. In this paper a sample of websites at selected universities in Jordan are evaluated in terms of accessibility in comparison to some universities websites in England and Arabic region. Results show that accessibility errors of universities websites in Jordan, and Arab region exceed the ones in UK by 13 times, and 5 times consequently.

scholarly journals Using Cultural Viewpoint Metaphors to Provide Web Accessibility for the Visually Impaired Users

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 186-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Letícia Seixas Pereira ◽  
Simone Bacellar Leal Ferreira ◽  
Hélio Braga ◽  
Luciana Cardoso de Castro Salgado ◽  
Ricardo Rodrigues Nunes
Keyword(s):  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Web Accessibility

scholarly journals Web accessibility support for visually impaired users using link content analysis

SpringerPlus ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hajime Iwata ◽  
Naofumi Kobayashi ◽  
Kenji Tachibana ◽  
Junko Shirogane ◽  
Yoshiaki Fukazawa
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Web Accessibility

scholarly journals Methods and Techniques of Adaptive Web Accessibility for the Blind and Visually Impaired

2015 ◽  
Vol 195 ◽  
pp. 1999-2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bujar Raufi ◽  
Mexhid Ferati ◽  
Xhemal Zenuni ◽  
Jaumin Ajdari ◽  
Florije Ismaili
Keyword(s):  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Web Accessibility ◽  
Blind And Visually Impaired ◽  
Methods And Techniques
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