Is your web page accessible? A comparative study of methods for assessing Web page accessibility for the blind

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 41-50

  Mankoff, Jennifer ^a   Fait, Holy ^b   Tran, Tu ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Exploratorium   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive Technologies; Disability; Evaluation; Web Accessibility

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PERSONNEL;

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES; DISABILITY; WEB ACCESSEBILITY;

WEBSITES;

EID: 84861300640     PISSN: 02749696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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