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  • Age and Web Access: The Next Generation

    Vicki L. Hanson · 2009 · Proceedings of the 2009 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

    This paper challenges the common assumption that technology difficulties experienced by older adults are a fixed characteristic of aging that will naturally disappear as tech-savvy younger generations grow old. Hanson argues that the relationship between age and web access is…

    aging · older adults · digital divide · cognitive accessibility · user experience

  • A Survey of Technology Accessibility Problems Faced by Older Users in China

    Dengfeng Yao, Yunfeng Qiu, Zaixin Du, Jianqing Ma, Harry Huang · 2009 · Proceedings of the 2009 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

    This paper presents the broadest survey of web accessibility for older users conducted in China at the time, with 180 valid responses from participants across all 25 Chinese provinces. The web-based questionnaire was supplemented with in-person discussions at meetings with older…

    aging · older adults · digital divide · global accessibility · survey research

  • Augmenting social media accessibility

    Roberto Borrino, Marco Furini, Marco Roccetti · 2009 · Proceedings of the 2009 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibililty (W4A)

    This paper presents SOMFA (SOcial Media For All), an architecture that transforms web-based social media content into multimodal audio/video presentations suitable for television sets. The system addresses the growing social divide created by social media: while technologically…

    social media · digital divide · aging · content adaptation · text-to-speech

  • Accessibility Perspectives on Enabling South African Sign Language in the South African National Accessibility Portal

    Louis Coetzee, Guillaume Olivrin, Ilse Viviers · 2009 · Proceedings of the 2009 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

    This paper investigates the feasibility and effectiveness of embedding animated South African Sign Language (SASL) content into the South African National Accessibility Portal (NAP), a government-backed information sharing platform for the disability sector. The authors from the…

    sign language · deaf accessibility · web accessibility · localization · South Africa

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