Web Accessibility Analysis of Government Tourism Websites in India

This chapter presents an investigation into the accessibility of official tourism websites of 26 EU member states. It is divided into two main parts. The first part is focused on the theoretical background of web accessibility, where the definition of accessibility, accessibility laws, accessibility recommendations, accessibility automatic tools, and related research are presented. The second part includes an empirical investigation with the main focus being on evaluating the compliance of tourism websites with web content accessibility guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) and the identification of the most commonly violated WCAG 2.1 success criteria. The results, which are based on automatic tool multiguideline accessibility usability validation environment (MAUVE), show that all investigated websites included at least one error. The most frequently identified errors were related to success criteria (1) reflow; (2) name, role, value; (3) link purpose (in context); and (4) purpose identification. Based on the acquired knowledge, the recommendations for improving web accessibility are presented.

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Study of the accessibility of a sample of scientific electronic journal publishing platforms

Online Information Review ◽

10.1108/oir-04-2016-0107 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 42 (3) ◽

pp. 387-411 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Carolina Navarro-Molina ◽

Juan-Miguel López-Gil ◽

Rafael Aleixandre-Benavent ◽

Juan-Carlos Valderrama-Zurián

Keyword(s):

Scientific Journal ◽

Web Accessibility ◽

Evaluation Methodology ◽

Scientific Article ◽

Electronic Journals ◽

Systematic Analysis ◽

Content Type ◽

Journal Publishing ◽

Content Quality ◽

Accessibility Analysis

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the degree of accessibility of a set of electronic journals that are hosted on widely used online scientific journal publishing platforms and whose content quality has already been certified. Two studies were performed, in which the accessibility of the selected platforms was studied in 2011 and 2016. Design/methodology/approach The research was performed on publishing platforms than hosted more than 20 journals about human behaviour and factors that may influence it. The evaluation was carried out following the methodology described by the Web Accessibility Initiative in their Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology. Findings The results show that, in spite of an improvement in accessibility, all the analysed electronic consultation platforms contain errors that could hinder their users’ access to their content. The incidence of errors found varies considerably among platforms. As the user interface of each platform analysed is common to all the online scientific electronic journals it hosts, the results obtained are valid for all other journals hosted on a given platform. Research limitations/implications Obtained results were valid in the date and time the websites were analysed. Changes made on the websites since then make that the results of an accessibility analysis would be different. Practical implications Analysed platforms would require taking steps to ensure their accessibility. Social implications Users with disabilities cannot use these platforms appropriately due to the accessibility problems found. The lack of web accessibility also has implications regarding visibility of published articles and common users. Originality/value This work offers a systematic analysis that includes manual accessibility evaluation, which has not been performed in scientific article publishing platforms to the extent presented in this paper. Articles found in the literature perform automatic analyses, which lack the depth of a manual one. Besides, when manual accessibility analysis is performed, usually the home page of a platform or journal alone is considered.

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Web accessibility analysis with semantich approach of the academic services web portal to university level

2016 11th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI) ◽

10.1109/cisti.2016.7521389 ◽

2016 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Veronica Segarra-Faggioni ◽

Maria Belen Mora Arciniegas ◽

Gladys Tenesaca Luna

Keyword(s):

Web Accessibility ◽

Web Portal ◽

Accessibility Analysis ◽

University Level ◽

Academic Services

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Web Accessibility Analysis of a Tele-Rehabilitation Platform: The Physiotherapist Perspective

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing - Advances in Human Factors and Systems Interaction ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-51369-6_29 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 215-221

Author(s):

Patricia Acosta-Vargas ◽

Belén Salvador-Acosta ◽

Mario Gonzalez ◽

Jorge-Luis Pérez-Medina ◽

Gloria Acosta-Vargas ◽

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Keyword(s):

Web Accessibility ◽

Accessibility Analysis

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Diversity of Web accessibility in tourism: Evidence based on a literature review

Technology and Disability ◽

10.3233/tad-210341 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-20

Author(s):

Pedro Teixeira ◽

Celeste Eusébio ◽

Leonor Teixeira

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Systematic Literature Review ◽

Web Accessibility ◽

Tourism Industry ◽

Assistive Technologies ◽

Scientific Databases ◽

Tourism Websites ◽

Web Developers ◽

Published Research ◽

Automated Methods

BACKGROUND: In the tourism industry, people with disabilities (PwD) are frequently excluded from certain activities. The Internet is one of the most used information sources for planning tourism trips. However, the level of accessibility of information disseminated by the tourism industry through websites is still very low. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to explore the existence of diversity in Web accessibility in the tourism industry. METHODS: A systematic literature review method was used for the identification, selection, and evaluation of the published research on Web accessibility in the tourism industry. A set of 40 papers obtained from relevant scientific databases, and complemented with a snowballing effect, was synthesized and analyzed. RESULTS: Low levels of diversity of Web accessibility were found in the different tourism activities analyzed. The majority of studies published in this field are relatively recent and both manual and automated methods were employed. Web accessibility failures were mainly related to lack of connectivity with assistive technologies, complex layout, and navigation difficulties. CONCLUSION: The results obtained in this systematic literature review provide important contributions to increase knowledge of Web accessibility in the tourism industry. Moreover, practical and theoretical contributions can help Web developers creating more accessible tourism websites.

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