Title :
A pilot study for evaluating Arabic websites using automated WCAG 2.0 evaluation tools
Author :
Al-Khalifa, Hend S. ; Al-Kanhal, Maryam ; Al-Nafisah, Hailah ; Al-soukaih, Noura ; Al-hussain, Elaf ; Al-onzi, Moneerah
Author_Institution :
Inf. Technol. Dept., King Saud Univ., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Abstract :
Nowadays, automatic WCAG 2.0 evaluation tools are increasing in numbers, however, there is little evidence of whether these tools are able to evaluate Arabic websites and provide reflective recommendations to improve their accessibility. To gain insight into this issue, we conducted a pilot study to evaluate a set of WCAG 2.0 tools and report on their results. We believe that our study is the first study to consider evaluating WCAG 2.0 automated evaluation tools for Arabic websites.
Keywords :
Web sites; Arabic Websites evaluation; Web content accessibility guidelines; automated WCAG 2.0 evaluation tools; Computers; Fires; Government; Guidelines; HTML; Software; Web pages; Accessibility; Arabic website; WCAG 2.0; violations;
Conference_Titel :
Innovations in Information Technology (IIT), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Abu Dhabi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0311-9
DOI :
10.1109/INNOVATIONS.2011.5893835
