Title:	MIAV: AN INCLUSIVE METHOD FOR ACCESSIBILITY ASSESSMENT BY VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE
Author(s):	Gabriel de Almeida Souza Carneiro and Maria Alciléia Alves Rocha
ISBN:	978-989-8533-91-3
Editors:	Katherine Blashki and Yingcai Xiao
Year:	2019
Edition:	Single
Keywords:	Accessibility, eMAG, Usability, Visual Impairmentand WCAG
Type:	Full Paper
First Page:	57
Last Page:	64
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	Today the Internet is the most popular source of information. Therefore, web content should suit both a general audience and visually-impaired individuals. Consequently, web software products should be assessed to fulfill accessibility standards. This paper introduces an inclusive method for accessibility assessment by visually-impaired users named MIAV. The MIAV enables visually-impaired users to assess the accessibility of web software without supervision. This proposed method complies with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and the Brazilian e-Government Accessibility Model (eMAG), combining an automated approach with an approach grounded on the user experience and opinion of visually-impaired individuals. To design this method, we followed a sequence of steps. First, we carried out a pilot test to identify improvements to MIAV. Second, we had three visually-impaired students apply MIAV to assess IFFluminense’s portal’s, Q-Academico’s and Moodle’s accessibility. Finally, we ran AccessMonitor, an accessibility assessment tool advised by W3C, to evaluate the same web applications and obtained two indicators: average accessibility index and percentage of nonconformities by accessibility level. Results showed that none of the evaluated web pages met all the accessibility criteria. The resulting average accessibility index for Q-Academico, IFFluminense’s portal and Moodle were 4.3 and 5.6 and 6.8 respectively. In addition, the visually-impaired students identified several accessibility issues. Therefore, we suggest improvements for the assessed web applications to provide a better user experience for visually-impaired students.
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