系统评估基于WCAG的数字地图工具
Brandon Biggs1, James M Coughlan2, Bruce N Walker3
1Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, and XR Navigation.
概括
数字地图工具通常无法满足残疾用户的可访问性标准. 大多数工具缺乏诸如文本替代品和键盘可操作性等基本功能,阻碍了访问.
科学领域:
- 数字地图绘制数字地图绘制
- 人与计算机的互动.
- 网络可访问性标准 网络可访问性标准
背景情况:
- 数字地图是职业和日常生活中必不可少的工具.
- 目前的数字地图可访问性不足,对残疾用户构成挑战.
- 网站内容可访问性准则 (WCAG) 2.1 为数字可访问性提供了一个框架.
研究的目的:
- 根据WCAG 2.1标准评估流行的数字地图工具的可访问性.
- 确定残疾人使用数字地图所面临的特定可访问性障碍.
- 建议对WCAG标准进行调整,以便更好地应用于地理地图.
主要方法:
- 对14个领先的数字地图工具进行了部分可访问性合规报告 (ACR) 的比较.
- 评估了与地理地图相关的15个WCAG 2.1标准.
- 对标准1.1.1 (非文本内容),1.4.11 (非文本对比度) 和2.1.1 (键盘可访问性) 应用了修改后的定义.
主要成果:
- 在大多数评估的数字地图工具中发现了重大可访问性问题.
- 只有一个工具,Audiom,完全符合评估的WCAG标准.
- 常见的缺点包括不充分的文本替代品,不良的非文本对比度和缺乏键盘操作性.
结论:
- 迫切需要数字地图开发人员来改善可访问性.
- 改进的地图可访问性有利于残疾用户,扩大用户基础,并推动创新.
- 该研究为改善学术和实践环境中的数字地图可访问性提供了一个框架和指南.
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