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Web Widgets Barriers for Visually Impaired Users.

Letícia Seixas Pereira1, Dominique Archambault1

  • 1Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis, 2 Rue de la Liberté, Saint-Denis, France.

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
|September 7, 2017
PubMed
Summary

This study investigates barriers severely visually impaired users face with dynamic website elements. Understanding these challenges is crucial for developing accessible rich internet applications.

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Area of Science:

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Web Accessibility Research

Background:

  • Modern websites heavily rely on dynamic elements like carousels and autosuggest lists.
  • Ensuring these components are usable by all users, including those with visual impairments, is an ongoing challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the interaction of severely visually impaired users with dynamic web content.
  • To identify specific barriers and difficulties encountered by this user group.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative user study involving severely visually impaired participants.
  • Analysis of user interactions with various dynamic web elements.

Main Results:

  • Detailed findings on the specific challenges faced by visually impaired users with common web widgets.
Keywords:
Web accessibilityblind and partially sighteddynamic applicationsevaluationpartially sighted and blindrich internet application (RIA)

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  • Identification of usability issues related to navigation, content access, and interaction.

    • Conclusions:

    • The findings highlight critical areas for improvement in web accessibility for dynamic content.
    • Recommendations for designing more inclusive and accessible rich internet applications are proposed.