Accessifier: A Plug-in to Verify Accessibility Requirements for Web Widgets

Gabriel Alberto García-Mireles*, Ivan Moreno-Soto

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Accessibility refers to the extent a system can be used by people with the widest range of capabilities. In the case of current web-based systems, where web pages can be built dynamically, some concerns have arisen about their accessibility. A major research area has studied accessibility of static web pages, but little research is focused on how dynamic web pages address accessibility recommendations. Thus, we developed Accessifier, a plug-in for Chrome browser, considering the Web Accessibility Initiative recommendations. We implemented requirements to assess accessibility of the following widgets: buttons, menu buttons, breadcrumbs, carousels, menu bars and modal dialogs. Accessifier was validated by assessing the widgets found in 15 popular websites. Our results showed that Accessifier can identify 87% of widgets and 75% of errors detected by the tool also were found by manual assessment. Thus, preliminary results showed that Accessifier can verify accessibility requirements for some web widgets.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNew Perspectives in Software Engineering - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Software Process Improvement CIMPS 2020
EditorsJezreel Mejia, Mirna Muñoz, Álvaro Rocha, Yadira Quiñonez
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages337-348
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783030633288
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Event9th International Conference on Software Process Improvement, CIMPS 2020 - Mazatlán, Mexico
Duration: 21 Oct 202023 Oct 2020

Publication series

NameAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume1297
ISSN (Print)2194-5357
ISSN (Electronic)2194-5365

Conference

Conference9th International Conference on Software Process Improvement, CIMPS 2020
Country/TerritoryMexico
CityMazatlán
Period21/10/2023/10/20

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Keywords

  • Accessibility
  • Assessment
  • Plug-in
  • Tool
  • WAI-ARIA
  • Web widgets

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