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  • Active Learning for Web Accessibility Evaluation

    Mengni Zhang, Can Wang, Zhi Yu, Chao Shen, Jiajun Bu · 2017 · Proceedings of the 14th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

    This paper introduces "active-prediction," a semi-supervised machine learning method that addresses a fundamental bottleneck in web accessibility evaluation: the prohibitive cost of evaluating all pages in a large website. Current practice relies on sampling methods (ad hoc,…

    accessibility evaluation · machine learning · active learning · web accessibility · automated testing

  • Creating Accessible Local Government: The Process

    Vivienne Conway, Keith Fitzpatrick · 2017 · Proceedings of the 14th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

    This short paper documents the end-to-end process the City of Cockburn, a local government authority in Western Australia, followed to develop an accessible replacement website. The paper provides a practical 9-step roadmap: (1) embed accessibility in official planning…

    government accessibility · WCAG compliance · procurement · organizational accessibility · case study

  • WAEM: A Web Accessibility Evaluation Metric Based on Partial User Experience Order

    Shuyi Song, Can Wang, Liangcheng Li, Zhi Yu, Xiao Lin, Jiajun Bu · 2017 · Proceedings of the 14th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

    This paper introduces WAEM (Web Accessibility Experience Metric), a novel accessibility metric that derives checkpoint weights from actual user experience data rather than from WCAG priority levels. The authors demonstrate that existing metrics like WAB and WAQM, which weight…

    accessibility metrics · user experience · accessibility evaluation · machine learning · SVM

  • The Crowd Work Accessibility Problem

    Saiganesh Swaminathan, Kotaro Hara, Jeffrey P. Bigham · 2017 · Proceedings of the 14th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

    This paper examines a largely overlooked accessibility problem: the inaccessibility of crowdsourcing tasks themselves. While crowd work platforms like Amazon Mechanical Turk (AMT) offer potential employment benefits for people with disabilities — flexible scheduling, remote…

    web accessibility evaluation · crowdsourcing · employment · disability employment · WCAG compliance

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