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Title:
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A WALK-THROUGH ON USING WEB SERVICES TOCREATE AN ACCESSIBLE WEB APPLICATION FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED USERS |
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Author(s):
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M. M. Rana , T. Reynolds , M. Cirstea |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-44-7 |
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Editors:
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Pedro Isaías , Miguel Baptista Nunes and João Barroso (associate editors Luís Rodrigues and Patrícia Barbosa) |
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Year:
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2007 |
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Edition:
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V I, 2 |
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Keywords:
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Accessible Web Application, Web Services, Web Designing and Visual Impairment |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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77 |
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Last Page:
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83 |
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Language:
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English |
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Cover:
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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The SWANS (Semantic Web Accessibility Network Services) is a research project which addresses issues related to the
immobility of people who have visual impairment (VIs). Its aim is to resolve these issues by deploying the Semantic
Web Services(SWS). We have designed and developed a prototype namely Smarttraveller using Microsoft Visual studio
2005 in C # ( C sharp) language at Microsoft Dot Net Framework 2.0 (MDNF 2.0). In this prototype, we have designed
and developed web services (WS) for VIs to assist them while accessing its contents. Microsoft accessibility classes
were used to provide a speech facility to VIs. It is a common practice for VIs to use commercially available screen
readers or magnifiers to read or magnify the contents on the computer screen, but with this specifically designed
prototype they do not have to use any adaptive software to read or magnify the contents of this prototype.
This paper presents a demonstration to design an accessible web application for visually impaired users. It can help Web
designers and developers while working in Web publishing industry to catch many of the technical errors that could lead
to accessibility faults, when designing accessible Web applications. |
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