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The usability of accessibility evaluation tools
Helen Petrie,Neil King,Carlos A. Velasco,Henrike Gappa,Gaby Nordbrock +4 more
- pp 124-132
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The results showed that the usability of these tools is surprisingly poor and that they do not support web developers adequately in checking the accessibility of their web resources.Abstract:
A range of accessibility evaluation tools are available to support Web developers in producing accessible Web resources. It is important that these tools support web developers very well, so that the developers can concentrate on the tasks of Web development. In addition, the tools should enhance Web developers understanding of accessibility issues. This paper presents a usability evaluation of five entry level accessibility evaluations tools. A group heuristic evaluation was conducted, with 5 experts in usability and accessibility working through each tool together, but rating usability problems separately. The results showed that the usability of these tools is surprisingly poor and that they do not support web developers adequately in checking the accessibility of their web resources.read more
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Accessibility challenges and tool features: an IBM Web developer perspective
TL;DR: Using evidence from a survey of 49 IBM Web developers, concerns are explored: barriers to the developers' designing accessible Web-based products, and what value they felt specific features in an "accessibility" tool might have.
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Accessibility of Portuguese Public Universities' sites.
TL;DR: The aim of this study was to characterise the accessibility of all Public Portuguese Universities' homepages and the support services they offer to disabled students and identified an overall web accessibility improvement during the 2007–2008, followed by a stabilisation of the results.
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Speaking the Language of Web Developers: Evaluation of a Web Accessibility Information Resource (WebAIR)
David Swallow,Christopher Power,Helen Petrie,Anna Bramwell-Dicks,Lucy Buykx,Carlos A. Velasco,Aidan Parr,Joshue O. Connor +7 more
TL;DR: A number of design decisions relating to the language, organisation and comprehensiveness of WebAIR have been successful in improving access to web accessibility information that supports web developers’ practices.
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Understanding and Supporting Web Developers: Working Practices and Resources for the Creation and Evaluation of Accessible Websites
TL;DR: This programme of research aimed to better understand the difficulties that developers face and to develop the necessary support for them to successfully integrate accessibility into their existing workflows.
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Understanding and supporting web developers: : design and evaluation of a web accessibility information resource (WebAIR)
TL;DR: The findings indicate that several design decisions made in relation to the language, organisation, and volume of WebAIR were effective in supporting web developers to undertake web accessibility evaluations.
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