Impact of accessibility barriers on the mood of users with motor and dexterity impairments

With the aim of knowing the impact of accessibility problems on persons with motor impairments, we did a user test with this user group. The focus of the test was the analysis of this collective user"s mood relative to different accessibility barriers comparing two parallel web pages: one acces...

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Autores: Pascual Almenara, Afra, Ribera, Mireia, Granollers i Saltiveri, Toni
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.17411/jacces.v5i1.93
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Palabra clave:Accessibility
Human-computer interaction
Design for All
Interacció persona-ordinador
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spelling Impact of accessibility barriers on the mood of users with motor and dexterity impairmentsPascual Almenara, AfraRibera, MireiaGranollers i Saltiveri, ToniAccessibilityHuman-computer interactionDesign for AllInteracció persona-ordinadorHuman-computer interactionWith the aim of knowing the impact of accessibility problems on persons with motor impairments, we did a user test with this user group. The focus of the test was the analysis of this collective user"s mood relative to different accessibility barriers comparing two parallel web pages: one accessible and another non-accessible. The study identified web forms and Flash elements as the most important aspects for this kind of users. On one hand these elements are useful to users, meanwhile, on the other, they raise many accessibility issues. The analysis of results indicates that persons who use assistive technologies are more efficient and effective interacting with web pages, than users who do not use them independently of the severity of their disability. Overall, users had a positive mood while navigating the accessible website, and were more negative when interacting with the non-accessible website. Our investigation contributes to a better understanding of users with motor impairments confronting accessibility barriers.Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Càtedra d'AccessibilitatFundación ONCE2015info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17411/jacces.v5i1.93http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/48330reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.17411/jacces.v5i1.93Journal of Accessibility and Design for All, 2015, vol. 5, núm. 1, p. 1-26cc-by-nc (c) Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Càtedra d'Accessibilitat, 2015info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/oai:recercat.cat:10459.1/483302026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Impact of accessibility barriers on the mood of users with motor and dexterity impairments
title Impact of accessibility barriers on the mood of users with motor and dexterity impairments
spellingShingle Impact of accessibility barriers on the mood of users with motor and dexterity impairments
Pascual Almenara, Afra
Accessibility
Human-computer interaction
Design for All
Interacció persona-ordinador
Human-computer interaction
title_short Impact of accessibility barriers on the mood of users with motor and dexterity impairments
title_full Impact of accessibility barriers on the mood of users with motor and dexterity impairments
title_fullStr Impact of accessibility barriers on the mood of users with motor and dexterity impairments
title_full_unstemmed Impact of accessibility barriers on the mood of users with motor and dexterity impairments
title_sort Impact of accessibility barriers on the mood of users with motor and dexterity impairments
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pascual Almenara, Afra
Ribera, Mireia
Granollers i Saltiveri, Toni
author Pascual Almenara, Afra
author_facet Pascual Almenara, Afra
Ribera, Mireia
Granollers i Saltiveri, Toni
author_role author
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Granollers i Saltiveri, Toni
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Accessibility
Human-computer interaction
Design for All
Interacció persona-ordinador
Human-computer interaction
topic Accessibility
Human-computer interaction
Design for All
Interacció persona-ordinador
Human-computer interaction
description With the aim of knowing the impact of accessibility problems on persons with motor impairments, we did a user test with this user group. The focus of the test was the analysis of this collective user"s mood relative to different accessibility barriers comparing two parallel web pages: one accessible and another non-accessible. The study identified web forms and Flash elements as the most important aspects for this kind of users. On one hand these elements are useful to users, meanwhile, on the other, they raise many accessibility issues. The analysis of results indicates that persons who use assistive technologies are more efficient and effective interacting with web pages, than users who do not use them independently of the severity of their disability. Overall, users had a positive mood while navigating the accessible website, and were more negative when interacting with the non-accessible website. Our investigation contributes to a better understanding of users with motor impairments confronting accessibility barriers.
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