Web Accessibility Service

A proxy-based intermediary service that sits between a web server and a client browser, intercepting and transforming web content to meet individual users' accessibility needs. Originally prototyped by IBM Research, a Web Accessibility Service parses HTML and related content, applies user-specific adaptations such as image transformations, style modifications, auditory rendering, and keyboard remapping, and delivers the modified content to the browser. This approach moves the accessibility control point from the client device to the network layer, enabling dynamic composition of multiple adaptations without requiring changes to either the original website or the user's assistive technology.