A new approach to provide web accessibility for the blind users based on the enhance of navigational characteristics of web pages
Abstract
A new approach to provide web accessibility for the blind users based on the enhance of navigational characteristics of web pages
Most of web pages of the Web are inaccessible for the blind users. And the main reason is a lack of the semantics at the source code (technical) level of web pages and absence of the navigational components. In this work we propose a new web page representation---multiaxial navigation model---representing web documents in the form convinient for the blind users. Moreover, we present methodology for the navigation on the model proposed, that ensure an efficiency of user mobility. Automatic transformation of a web page into the multiaxial navigation model and navigation means are realized in the Blindzilla prototype. An efficiency of the proposed concepts is proven experimentally regarding contemporary screen readers, such as JAWS, Window-Eyes, and Fire Vox.
Keywords: web accessibility, navigation, web page, web technologies