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Do text transcoders improve usability for disabled users?

Authors:

Giorgio Brajnik,

Daniela Cancila,

Daniela Nicoli,

Mery PignatelliAuthors Info & Claims

W4A '05: Proceedings of the 2005 International Cross-Disciplinary Workshop on Web Accessibility (W4A)

Pages 9 - 17

https://doi.org/10.1145/1061811.1061814

Published: 10 May 2005 Publication History

Abstract

Text transcoders are web--server systems that produce, on the fly, a text-only version of a web page requested by a user of a browser. Although the potential benefits of text transcoders axe multifaceted and discussions on appropriateness of text transcoders to produce accessible versions of web sites are still ongoing, at the moment the impact of transcoded pages on disabled web users has not been scientifically studied yet.This paper describes an experiment aimed at evaluating usability of web pages processed by a text transcoder and used by 29 disabled persons. Results based on subjective and objective data show how usability changes, and which results can be generalized to a wider population.

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W4A '05: Proceedings of the 2005 International Cross-Disciplinary Workshop on Web Accessibility (W4A)

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109 pages

ISBN:1595932194

DOI:10.1145/1061811

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University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

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