Achieving Accessible Rich Internet Applications

This work presents guidelines on making accessible Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). The guidelines have been developed based on a thorough literature review, summarizing the current accessibility issues related to RIA. Existing solutions and recommendations have been processed and converted into a set of guidelines, aimed at those responsible for developing RIA solutions. Participants working with web development and accessibility evaluated the guidelines. The most important contribution from this project to the field of web accessibility research is strong indications of a need for process oriented accessibility guidelines

Compte rendu de participation, 29e colloque annuel CSUN 2014

Tiré de l'écran-titre (visionné le 27 juin 2017).En mars 2014 a eu lieu la conférence internationale annuelle sur les technologies et les personnes handicapées (CSUN), un colloque de cinq jours se déroulant à San Diego en Californie sous le thème de l’accessibilité du Web, des technologies de l’information et des personnes handicapées. [...

Compte-rendu de participation, 28e colloque annuel CSUN 2013

Tiré de l'écran-titre (visionné le 27 juin 2017).En février 2013 a eu lieu la conférence internationale annuelle sur les technologies et les personnes handicapées (CSUN), un colloque de cinq jours se déroulant à San Diego sous le thème de l’accessibilité du Web, des technologies de l’information et des personnes handicapées. Les sujets abordés dans ce compte-rendu portent sur le futur de l’édition numérique en éducation et le potentiel d’accessibilité offert par le format ePub3. Le passage de ePub2 à ePub 3 a apporté plusieurs changements positifs pour l’accessibilité. Une revue du potentiel et des améliorations du format est développée

SaIL: Saliency-Driven Injection of ARIA Landmarks

Navigating webpages with screen readers is a challenge even with recent improvements in screen reader technologies and the increased adoption of web standards for accessibility, namely ARIA. ARIA landmarks, an important aspect of ARIA, lets screen reader users access different sections of the webpage quickly, by enabling them to skip over blocks of irrelevant or redundant content. However, these landmarks are sporadically and inconsistently used by web developers, and in many cases, even absent in numerous web pages. Therefore, we propose SaIL, a scalable approach that automatically detects the important sections of a web page, and then injects ARIA landmarks into the corresponding HTML markup to facilitate quick access to these sections. The central concept underlying SaIL is visual saliency, which is determined using a state-of-the-art deep learning model that was trained on gaze-tracking data collected from sighted users in the context of web browsing. We present the findings of a pilot study that demonstrated the potential of SaIL in reducing both the time and effort spent in navigating webpages with screen readers

An Accessible Chat Prototype for Screen Reader Users in Mobile Devices

[Poster] 15th International Conference on Human–Computer Interaction (HCI International 2013), Las Vegas (Nevada, USA), 21–26 July 2013Chats present accessibility problems for screen reader users. This work presents a prototype of an accessible chat for Mobile Devices (MD). The main aim of this research is to remove the accessibility barriers that screen reader users face when they use a chat in a MD. Thus, this prototype is based on the requirements which have been elicited considering background research and with the use of Software Engineering (SE) and Human Computer Interaction (HCI) methods as well as accessibility standards and guidelines.This research work has been partially supported by MA2VICMR (S2009/TIC-1542) and MULTIMEDICA (TIN2010-20644-C03-01)Publicad

Implementing web accessibility to an existing web application

Web accessibility is becoming more and more important as societies around the world rely more and more on digital services. It enables the services to be used by many different kinds of users. It is starting to become a norm in public sector organisations, which sets up expectations and demands for web applications. When you have an existing educational web application like Sanako Connect, how do you go about implementing web accessibility into it? That topic is explored through four research questions. First, as different countries and regions have regulations regarding web accessibility, and there are different web accessibility guidelines, what accessibility guidelines should be followed? Secondly, how those guidelines could be transformed into more concrete requirements? The research questions become more practical from here on out. The third research question asks how to modify the development process so that accessibility will be thought of in future development and revisions of the software. This is vital because the application is in a constant flux of new features and refactoring, which means that web accessibility should be an integral part of development. The final question is, what are the challenges and solutions when implementing the requirements to an existing application. Background into web applications and web accessibility is provided to find answers to the first two questions. The last two questions are explored through the starting phases of a web accessibility implementation project. The implementation project will also validate answers for the first two questions, as the guidelines and requirements will guide the development process and implementation. Even though the implementation details are unique to this one product, the challenges and solutions are general enough that they support previously discussed approaches to web accessibility. The most important takeaway is that there rarely are valid arguments for not including web accessibility into new projects from the start. Including it afterwards is always the harder path to take

Modelo de diseño web para el sistema de gestión de puntos de venta de la Empresa Compured S.A.C. bajo el estándar ISO 9241-210 y la especificación WAI-ARIA 1.0

El presente trabajo ha sido elaborado y desarrollado para la Empresa COMPURED SAC de la ciudad de Trujillo, el servicio principal de la empresa son las ventas de equipos de cómputo (hardware y software), el cual tiene como finalidad brindar los mejores productos con la más alta calidad y buen precio, para eso la empresa cuenta con un grupo humano diversificado desde practicantes hasta ingenieros experimentados con promedio de edad entre los 20 y 60 años que se encargan de realizar ventas en campo en los sectores de venta de Trujillo y Cajamarca, cada uno de estos vendedores son identificados como puntos de venta cuyas funciones dentro del proceso de la gestión es diversa, como ventas, reembolsos, informes diarios, gestión de caja, gestión de almacén, y múltiples informes usando hojas físicas con formato pre-impreso y hojas en Excel. Dado el contexto actual de la empresa, el uso de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC) representan un potencial de utilidades que pueden ayudar a la fuerza de ventas a superar algunas de sus limitaciones dentro de las que se identifican la edad y la falta de identificación con las tecnologías. Concretamente para personas con alguna discapacidad, representan un medio fundamental para su integración en el mundo laboral Utilizar la usabilidad en diseños de software hace que los usuarios puedan interactuar de forma más fácil, cómoda e intuitiva posible, la mejor forma de crear un sistema usable es realizando un diseño centrado en el usuario, diseñando para y por el usuario. Por esas razones es que se realizó un modelo de diseño web para el sistema de gestión de puntos de venta de la empresa COMPURED SAC usando los lineamientos del estándar ISO 9241-210 para lograr que los usuarios puedan interactuar con el sistema web de manera fácil, cómoda e intuitiva posible y la directiva WAI-ARIA para el diseño de elementos enriquecidos para mejorar la accesibilidad, que sirva de guía para la construcción de las interfaces web del sistema. y social. En la actualidad, gracias a los avances de la Informática, el software se encuentra en diversos campos de la actividad humana, por lo que resulta sumamente necesario que reúna ciertos criterios de usabilidad para satisfacer en gran medida las necesidades de los usuarios.This paper has been prepared and developed for the Company COMPURED SAC city of Trujillo, the main service of the company is sales of computer equipment (hardware and software), which aims to provide the best products with the most high quality and good price, so that the company has a group of diversified from interns to experienced engineers with an average age between 20 and 60 who are in charge of field sales in the areas of sales Trujillo and Cajamarca, each one of these vendors are identified as outlets whose functions within the management process is diverse, including sales, refunds, daily reports, cash management, warehouse management, and multiple reports using physical sheets with pre-printed form and leaves in Excel. Given the current context of the company, the use of information and communications technology (ICT) represent a profit potential that can help the sales force to overcome some of their limitations within that age are identified and the lack of identification technologies. Specifically for people with disabilities represent a fundamental means for integration in the labor and social world. Today, thanks to advances in computer science, software is found in various fields of human activity, so it is extremely necessary that meet certain criteria of usability greatly to meet the needs of users. Using software usability designs makes users to interact more easily, comfortable and intuitive as possible, the best way to create a usable system is performing a user-centered, and designing for user design. For these reasons it is that a model of web design for management system outlets COMPURED SAC Company using standard ISO 9241-210 guidelines to ensure that users can interact with the web system easily performed, comfortable and intuitive as possible and WAI -ARIA directive rich design to improve accessibility , as a guide for building web interfaces of the system elements.Tesi

Examination of the Transitioning of the Book from Print to Digital: Inspiration, Possibilities & Application

My principal research question is: what future/s might there be for the book as it shifts away from paper volumes and into an ebook protocol, as regards marginal epistemologies, inclusivity, multiple authors, interdisciplinarity and alternative narratives? My research takes the form of both a thesis and a research-creation EPUB3 ebook. I chose the subject of bees as the content of the book. This subject offered me both an alternative narrative and a way to showcase the capabilities of the EPUB. Working with disciplines of Design, Film and Computer Science, I traced a trajectory through the history of the printed book to the present day finding a natural place for the self-published ebook. The thesis speculates on the genesis of the ebook as a recuperative medium in the evolution of the knowledge commons. It navigates a path toward progressive accessibility standards coexisting with a visual design paradigm