Using think aloud protocol with blind users: A case for inclusive usability evaluation methods

Eighth International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2006

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 251-252

  Chandrashekar, Sambhavi ^a   Fels, Deborah ^b   Stockman, Tony ^c   Benedyk, Rachel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blind Web users; Think aloud protocol; Usability Evaluation

Indexed keywords

HANDICAPPED PERSONS; USABILITY ENGINEERING; USER INTERFACES; WEBSITES;

BLIND WEB USERS; USABILITY EVALUATION;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 34247350439     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1168987.1169040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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