Accessible design and testing in the application development process: Considerations for an integrated approach

Universal Access in the Information Society

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 117-128

  Zimmermann, Gottfried ^a   Vanderheiden, Gregg ^b  

^a Access Technologies Group Germany   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessible design; Personas; Testing; Universal design; Use cases

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC PROGRAMMING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ACCESSIBLE DESIGN; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; UNIVERSAL DESIGN; USER TESTING;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 41849090098     PISSN: 16155289     EISSN: 16155297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10209-007-0108-6     Document Type: Article

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