• 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