The case for the use of plain English to increase web accessibility

Proceedings - 3rd International Workshop on Web Site Evolution, WSE 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 42-48

  Boldyreff, C ^a   Burd, E ^a   Donkin, J ^a   Marshall, S ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Council for the Advancement of Communication with Deaf People ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; TRANSPORTATION; VISUAL LANGUAGES;

SIGN LANGUAGE; TEXTUAL CONTENT; VISUAL DISABILITY; WEB ACCESSIBILITY;

WEBSITES;

EID: 84855252382     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSE.2001.988784     Document Type: Conference Paper

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