Simon Harper

Web Accessibility: A Foundation for Research - Human–Computer Interaction Series Simon Harper 2008 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Part I. Understanding Disabilities -- Visual Impairments / Armando Barreto -- Cognitive and Learning Impairments / Clayton Lewis -- Hearing Impairments / Anna Cavender, Richard E. Ladner -- Physical Impairment / Shari Trewin -- Ageing / Sri H. Kurniawan -- Part II. Evaluation and Methodologies -- Web Accessibility and Guidelines / Simon Harper, Yeliz Yesilada -- Web Accessibility Evaluation / Shadi Abou-Zahra -- End User Evaluations / Caroline Jay, Darren Lunn, Eleni Michailidou -- Authoring Tools / Jutta Treviranus -- Part III. Applications -- Assistive Technologies / Alistair D. N. Edwards -- Desktop Browsers / Jon Gunderson -- Specialized Browsers / T. V. Raman -- Browser Augmentation / Vicki L. Hanson, John T. Richards, Cal Swart -- Transcoding / Chieko Asakawa, Hironobu Takagi -- Part IV. Specialised Areas -- Education / Paola Salomoni, Silvia Mirri, Stefano Ferretti, Marco Roccetti -- Specialized Documents / Ethan V. Munson, Maria da Graca C. Pimentel -- Multimedia and Graphics / Bob Regan, Andrew Kirkpatrick -- Mobile Web and Accessibility / Masahiro Hori, Takashi Kato -- Semantic Web / Ian Horrocks, Sean Bechhofer -- Web 2.0 / Becky Gibson -- Universal Usability / Sarah Horton, Laura Leventhal -- Index. Publisher Marketing: This text, containing a strong foundation of research, is aimed at academics, scientists, engineers, and postgraduate students as a foundational text on Web accessibility from a deeply research perspective. It provides not only an overview of existing research but looks to future developments and includes expert opinions.