Web Accessibility for Visually Handicapped People [contribution]

Author: Pavel Očenášek,  Brno University of Technology - Faculty of Information Technology, Czech Republic

Co-author: Jana Toufarová, studentka magisterského studia oboru Veřejné informace a knihovnictví na Filozofické fakultě Masarykovy univerzity v Brně.

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Abstract

This paper deals with the concept of accessibility of web sites to visually handicapped people. The big problem is that impaired people are a small percentage of the total population, so web sites are normally built without taking into account that the pages could be visited by these handicapped people.

This paper outlines a system that could be used by visually impaired people without the need of special browsers.

The first part introduces the problem of visually impaired people with connection to the information technology. Then the description of methods that are used to publish information on the web follows.

The last part outlines a concept of the system that could be used as a translator of the web content for easier use by impaired people.

About the author

Ing. Pavel Očenášek received his MSc. in Computer Science from the Faculty of Information Technology, Brno University of Technology in 2003. Since 2003 he has been at the Department od Information Systems as an internal PhD student. His scientific interests are internet, computer networks and information systems.

Pavel Očenášek participates in teaching of subjects oriented to computer networks and internet technologies.

He is the author of several papers published on international conferences.