Automatic Accessibility Evaluation of Rich Internet Apps

Abstract

The Web 2.0, with its Rich Internet Applications (RIAs), exploits dynamic interactivity to provide a rich interactive environment for web users. On important common denominator is the support to user collaboration via the highly dynamic “desk-top like” generated content. Such a context makes it difficult for the designer to tackle a diversity of users, in particular in terms of accessibility issues. WAI-ARIA is a specification that focuses on accessibility issues when developing RIAs. This pa-per describes an algorithm to automatically evaluate EcmaScript code commonly deployed in RIAs, and presents a case study applied to pop-up window