What frustrates screen reader users on the Web: A study of 100 blind users

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 247-269

  Lazar, Jonathan ^a,b   Allen, Aaron ^a   Kleinman, Jason ^a   Malarkey, Chris ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Applied Information Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; USER INTERFACES;

BLIND USERS; PAGE LAYOUTS; SCREEN READERS; WEB DESIGNERS; WEB DEVELOPERS; WEBMASTERS;

WEB CRAWLER;

EID: 34547271328     PISSN: 10447318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10447310709336964     Document Type: Article

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