Web Accessibility A Foundation for Research /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Harper, Simon (Editor), Yesilada, Yeliz (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2008.
• Series: Human-Computer Interaction Series,
• Subjects: Popular works.; Multimedia information systems.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Text processing (Computer science).; Computers and civilization.; Multimedia systems.; Computer science.; Popular Science.; Popular Computer Science.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Multimedia Information Systems.; Document Preparation and Text Processing.; Computers and Society.; Media Design.

Covering key areas of evaluation and methodology, client-side applications, specialist and novel technologies, along with initial appraisals of disabilities, this important book provides comprehenisve coverage of web accessibility. Written by leading experts in the field, it provides an overview of...

Table of Contents:

• Understanding Disabilities
• Visual Impairments
• Cognitive and Learning Impairments
• Hearing Impairments
• Physical Impairment
• Ageing
• Evaluation and Methodologies
• Web Accessibility and Guidelines
• Web Accessibility Evaluation
• End User Evaluations
• Authoring Tools
• Applications
• Assistive Technologies
• Desktop Browsers
• Specialized Browsers
• Browser Augmentation
• Transcoding
• Specialised Areas
• Education
• Specialized Documents
• Multimedia and Graphics
• Mobile Web and Accessibility
• Semantic Web
• Web 2.0
• Universal Usability.