DocumentCode
3510748
Title
Accessibility analysis and evaluation of Bangladesh government websites
Author
Baowaly, Mrinal Kanti ; Bhuiyan, Moniruzzaman
Author_Institution
Inst. of Inf. Technol., Univ. of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
fYear
2012
fDate
18-19 May 2012
Firstpage
46
Lastpage
51
Abstract
The Web is a progressively more important resource in many aspects of life: education, employment, government, commerce, healthcare, recreation, and more. It is essential that the web be accessible to people with equal access and equal opportunity to all also with disabilities. An accessible web can also help elderly population and also people with disabilities more actively contribute in society. This paper concentrates on mainly two things; firstly, it briefly examines accessibility guidelines, evaluation methods and analysis tools. Secondly, it analyzes and evaluates the web accessibility of e-Government websites of Bangladesh according to the `W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines´. We also present a recommendation for improvement of e-Government websites´ accessibility in Bangladesh.
Keywords
Web sites; government data processing; human factors; Bangladesh government Web site accessibility analysis; Bangladesh government Web site evaluation; W3C Web content accessibility guidelines; analysis tools; disabled people; elderly population; Education; Image recognition; Keyboards; Manuals; Accessibility guidelines; Accessibility testing and evaluation; Assistive tools; Web accessibility; e-Government;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Informatics, Electronics & Vision (ICIEV), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Dhaka
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1153-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICIEV.2012.6317487
Filename
6317487
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