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Assistive browser for conducting web transactions

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Jalal Mahmud,

Yevgen Borodin,

I. V. RamakrishnanAuthors Info & Claims

IUI '08: Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces

Pages 365 - 368

https://doi.org/10.1145/1378773.1378831

Published: 13 January 2008 Publication History

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People with visual impairments use screen readers to browse the Web. Sequential processing of web pages by screen readers causes information overload, making web browsing time-consuming and strenuous. These problems are further exacerbated in web transactions (e.g.: online shopping), which involve multiple steps spanning several web pages. In this paper we present a lightweight approach for doing Web transactions using non-visual modalities. We describe how analysis of context surrounding the link coupled with a shallow knowledge-base with patterns and keywords can help identify various concepts (e.g.: "add to cart", "item description", etc.) that are important in web transactions. Our preliminary results show promise that presenting such concepts to the users can reduce information overload and improve their overall browsing experience.

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Mahmud JRamakrishnan I(2012)Transaction models for Web accessibilityWorld Wide Web10.1007/s11280-011-0135-315:4(383-408)Online publication date: 1-Jul-2012
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s11280-011-0135-3
Okoye IMahmud JLau TCerruti JPu PPazzani MAndré ERiecken D(2011)Find this for meProceedings of the 16th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces10.1145/1943403.1943407(3-12)Online publication date: 13-Feb-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1943403.1943407
(2010)ReferencesNo Code Required10.1016/B978-0-12-381541-5.00038-9(453-472)Online publication date: 2010
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-381541-5.00038-9
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Assistive browser for conducting web transactions
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
2. Information systems
  1. Information retrieval

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IUI '08: Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces

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ISBN:9781595939876

DOI:10.1145/1378773

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Mahmud JRamakrishnan I(2012)Transaction models for Web accessibilityWorld Wide Web10.1007/s11280-011-0135-315:4(383-408)Online publication date: 1-Jul-2012
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s11280-011-0135-3
Okoye IMahmud JLau TCerruti JPu PPazzani MAndré ERiecken D(2011)Find this for meProceedings of the 16th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces10.1145/1943403.1943407(3-12)Online publication date: 13-Feb-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1943403.1943407
(2010)ReferencesNo Code Required10.1016/B978-0-12-381541-5.00038-9(453-472)Online publication date: 2010
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-381541-5.00038-9
Mahmud JBorodin YRamakrishnan IRamakrishnan CQuemada JLeón GMaarek YNejdl W(2009)Automated construction of web accessibility models from transaction click-streamsProceedings of the 18th international conference on World wide web10.1145/1526709.1526826(871-880)Online publication date: 20-Apr-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1526709.1526826
Kawanaka SBorodin YBigham JLunn DTakagi HAsakawa CHarper SBarreto A(2008)Accessibility commonsProceedings of the 10th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility10.1145/1414471.1414500(153-160)Online publication date: 13-Oct-2008
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1414471.1414500

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