Flexible tool support for accessibility evaluation

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 869-890

  Leporini, Barbara ^a   Paternò, Fabio ^a   Scorcia, Antonio ^a  

^a ISTI CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Evaluation; Guidelines; Tools

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; USER INTERFACES; WEBSITES;

ACCESSIBILITY; FLEXIBLE TOOL; MULTIPLE SETS;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 33748544199     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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