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Is Wikipedia usable for the blind?

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Barbara LeporiniAuthors Info & Claims

W4A '08: Proceedings of the 2008 international cross-disciplinary conference on Web accessibility (W4A)

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1368044.1368049

Published: 21 April 2008 Publication History

Abstract

Today wikis are becoming increasingly widespread, and offer great benefits in a variety of collaborative environments. Therefore, to be universally valuable, wiki systems should be easy to use for anyone, regardless of ability. This paper describes obstacles that a blind user may encounter when interacting via screen reader with Wikipedia, and offers some suggestions for improving usability.

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Bittar TLobato LNeto Dde Mattos Fortes R(2010)Support for Collaboration in Wikis using Graphical Modeling to Achieve Improvements in Information Architecture and AccessibilityProceedings of the 2010 Brazilian Symposium on Collaborative Systems II - Simpósio Brasileiro de Sistemas Colaborativos II10.1109/SBSC-II.2010.21(12-15)Online publication date: 5-Oct-2010
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Senette CBuzzi MBuzzi MLeporini B(2009)Enhancing Wikipedia Editing with WAI-ARIAProceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Workgroup Human-Computer Interaction and Usability Engineering of the Austrian Computer Society on HCI and Usability for e-Inclusion10.1007/978-3-642-10308-7_11(159-177)Online publication date: 7-Nov-2009
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Is Wikipedia usable for the blind?
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Graphical user interfaces
2. Social and professional topics

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W4A '08: Proceedings of the 2008 international cross-disciplinary conference on Web accessibility (W4A)

April 2008

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ISBN:9781605581538

DOI:10.1145/1368044

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Yeliz Yesilada
University of Manchester, UK.
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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1878450.1878459
Bittar TLobato LNeto Dde Mattos Fortes R(2010)Support for Collaboration in Wikis using Graphical Modeling to Achieve Improvements in Information Architecture and AccessibilityProceedings of the 2010 Brazilian Symposium on Collaborative Systems II - Simpósio Brasileiro de Sistemas Colaborativos II10.1109/SBSC-II.2010.21(12-15)Online publication date: 5-Oct-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/SBSC-II.2010.21
Senette CBuzzi MBuzzi MLeporini B(2009)Enhancing Wikipedia Editing with WAI-ARIAProceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Workgroup Human-Computer Interaction and Usability Engineering of the Austrian Computer Society on HCI and Usability for e-Inclusion10.1007/978-3-642-10308-7_11(159-177)Online publication date: 7-Nov-2009
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