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Accessible Graphics in Web Applications: Dynamic Generation, Analysis and Verification

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Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP 2008)

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Accessibility for graphics in web applications is still not only a shortcoming for visually impaired people but may also be a request of people with other special needs. In the Access2Graphics project SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) is used to dynamically generate graphics that are adapted to the user’s individual requirements in order to make them accessible for each user. Beside the users also the graphics designer (provider) need support to be able to offer accessible graphics. The focus of this paper therefore mainly is on introducing the analysis as well as the verification component of Access2Graphics. Both, reuse of existing graphics and verification with respect to defined guidelines should make the generation process of graphics more efficient regarding the development time and quality.

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  1. Department of Telecooperation,  ,  

    Kerstin Altmanninger

  2. Institute for Application Oriented Knowledge Processing, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

    Wolfram Wöß

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Klaus Miesenberger Joachim Klaus Wolfgang Zagler Arthur Karshmer

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Altmanninger, K., Wöß, W. (2008). Accessible Graphics in Web Applications: Dynamic Generation, Analysis and Verification. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W., Karshmer, A. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5105. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_55

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