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• Evaluating Web Accessibility for Specific Mobile Devices

  Markel Vigo, Amaia Aizpurua, Myriam Arrue, Julio Abascal · 2008 · Proceedings of the 2008 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

  This paper addresses a fundamental limitation in early mobile web accessibility testing: the reliance on a single Default Delivery Context (DDC) that assumed all mobile devices shared the same baseline capabilities. The W3C mobileOK Basic tests, designed to verify compliance…

  mobile accessibility · automated testing · evaluation tools · device independence · mobile web

• Physical Usability and the Mobile Web

  Shari Trewin · 2006 · Proceedings of the 2006 International Cross-Disciplinary Workshop on Web Accessibility (W4A)

  This paper systematically compares the physical usability challenges faced by desktop web users with motor impairments and mobile web users, identifying where their needs overlap and diverge. Trewin first catalogs the interaction landscape for users with physical disabilities on…

  motor accessibility · mobile accessibility · physical disability · device independence · input methods

• The Meaning of 'Life': Capturing Intent from Web Authors

  Rhys Lewis · 2006 · Proceedings of the 2006 International Cross-Disciplinary Workshop on Web Accessibility (W4A): Building the Mobile Web: Rediscovering Accessibility?

  This paper explores the fundamental problem that web pages lack explicit semantic information, relying instead on visual cues — layout, color, juxtaposition — to convey meaning. Lewis argues that this semantic deficit creates parallel challenges for two distinct user groups:…

  mobile accessibility · web semantics · content adaptation · device independence · transcoding

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