Evaluating web site accessibility: validating the WAI guidelines through usability testing with disabled users

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 358, Issue , 2008, Pages 535-538

  Romen, Dagfinn ^a   Svanæs, Dag ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Guidelines; Usability; Usability testing; Validation; WCAG

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; GUIDELINES; USABILITY; USABILITY TESTING; VALIDATION; WCAG;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; WORLD WIDE WEB;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

EID: 70049092627     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1463160.1463238     Document Type: Conference Paper

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