A comparison of the accessibility of Web applications in TV and Desktop

Given TVs reach, we envision the use of TV based applications by a wide range of the population, including the elderly and people with different kinds of impairments. Thus, it is paramount to guarantee that everyone can access the same information. In this paper we present a study of the current state of the accessibility of TV applications, analysing their conformance with the WCAG 2.0 guidelines and comparing them to their desktop versions. The results show that, even though there has been less effort in TV accessibility research, TV applications are more conformant than their desktop counterparts.

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Daniel Costa

Ricardo Dias

Carlos Duarte

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Publication date: September 2014

Publication date (Print): September 2014

Pages: 380-381

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[0001]LASIGE, Universidade de Lisboa

Portugal

[0002]INESC-ID, Instituto Superior Técnico,

Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2014.23

SO-VID: 159fb6c9-79af-4052-ba75-95f4cdba2db8

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Conference name: Proceedings of the 28th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2014)

Conference acronym: HCI

Conference number: 28

Conference location: Southport, UK

Conference date: 9 - 12 September 2014

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2014)

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1477-9358 BCS Learning & Development

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A comparison of the accessibility of Web applications in TV and Desktop

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