Accessibility or Usability of the User Interfaces for Visually Impaired Users? A Comparative Study

• Published in: Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Theory, Methods and Tools Vol. 11572; pp. 268 - 283
• Main Authors: Khowaja, Kamran, Al-Thani, Dena, Aqle, Aboubakr, Banire, Bilikis
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Springer International Publishing AG 2019; Springer International Publishing
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Subjects: Accessibility guidelines; Heuristic evaluation; Interface evaluation; Mobile heuristic; Visually impaired user; Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
• ISBN: 3030235599; 9783030235598
• ISSN: 0302-9743; 1611-3349
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-23560-4_20

The use of the Internet to search and browse information has increased in the recent past from the younger children to adults and older adults with or without any disability. The access to the information is becoming more common through the use of mobile apps as it is ubiquitous. This requires an ev...