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Improving web accessibility using content-aware plug-ins

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Graham McAllister,

Emma MurphyAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '05: CHI '05 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 1893 - 1896

https://doi.org/10.1145/1056808.1057049

Published: 02 April 2005 Publication History

Abstract

This paper describes a novel approach to improve blind and visually impaired people's access to the Web by using a content-aware Web browser plug-in coupled with audio and haptic tools. The Web plug-in accesses the current mouse position on-screen, and makes the co-ordinates available to the audio and haptic modalities. This allows the user to be informed when they are in the vicinity of an image or hyperlink; previously they would only have been informed when they are physically on the link. Thus, when the user is close to an image or hyperlink, haptics and audio will be used to inform and guide them to the actual spatial position. The Web browser plug-in and the associated audio and haptic feedback tools are described in the paper. Finally, results from a pilot study on the usability of this system are also presented.

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Sato DKobayashi MTakagi HAsakawa CTanaka JMcCoy KYesilada Y(2011)How voice augmentation supports elderly web usersThe proceedings of the 13th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility10.1145/2049536.2049565(155-162)Online publication date: 24-Oct-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2049536.2049565
Sato DZhu SKobayashi MTakagi HAsakawa CTan DFitzpatrick GGutwin CBegole BKellogg W(2011)SasayakiProceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/1978942.1979353(2769-2778)Online publication date: 7-May-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1978942.1979353
Leporini BAndronico PBuzzi MCastillo C(2008)Evaluating a modified Google user interface via screen readerUniversal Access in the Information Society10.1007/s10209-007-0111-y7:3(155-175)Online publication date: 27-Aug-2008
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s10209-007-0111-y

Index Terms

Improving web accessibility using content-aware plug-ins
1. Applied computing
  1. Document management and text processing
    1. Document preparation
      1. Multi / mixed media creation
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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CHI EA '05: CHI '05 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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DOI:10.1145/1056808

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Sato DKobayashi MTakagi HAsakawa CTanaka JMcCoy KYesilada Y(2011)How voice augmentation supports elderly web usersThe proceedings of the 13th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility10.1145/2049536.2049565(155-162)Online publication date: 24-Oct-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2049536.2049565
Sato DZhu SKobayashi MTakagi HAsakawa CTan DFitzpatrick GGutwin CBegole BKellogg W(2011)SasayakiProceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/1978942.1979353(2769-2778)Online publication date: 7-May-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1978942.1979353
Leporini BAndronico PBuzzi MCastillo C(2008)Evaluating a modified Google user interface via screen readerUniversal Access in the Information Society10.1007/s10209-007-0111-y7:3(155-175)Online publication date: 27-Aug-2008
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s10209-007-0111-y

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