Title :
A study on web experience among visually impaired users in Malaysia
Author :
Bavani, R. ; Jaafar, Azizah ; Yatim, Noor Faezah Mohd
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Sci., Univ. of Nottingham (UNMC), Selangor, Malaysia
Abstract :
This study focused on the web experience and barriers among visually impaired (VIM) users in Malaysia when accessing web pages with screen readers. In this study, eight visually impaired users were interviewed and reported major problems related to images, hyperlinks and page layout. Based on findings from qualitative survey, a comparative analysis was performed with (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) WCAG 2.0.
Keywords :
Internet; handicapped aids; information retrieval; Malaysia; VIM; WCAG 2.0; Web content accessibility guidelines; Web experience; visually impaired user; Guidelines; Interviews; Layout; Navigation; Usability; Web pages; WCAG 2.0; visually impaired user; web accessibility;
Conference_Titel :
User Science and Engineering (i-USEr), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shah Alam
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9048-6
DOI :
10.1109/IUSER.2010.5716714
