Exploring the website accessibility of Romanian universities
Journal Title: Revista Romana de Interactiune Om-Calculator - Year 2018, Vol 11, Issue 4
Abstract
Poor web accessibility has negative social and economic effects as regards the inclusion of citizen and customers in the provision of online services. In this respect, accessible university websites is a precondition to ensure fair access to education to all young people. In this work, the focus is on the web accessibility for people with visual impairment. The objective of the paper is to present the results of a study exploring the website accessibility of 18 top-ranked universities in Romania. Evaluation has been done against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2. 0 (WCAG2) in a tool-based approach The evaluation results show that overall, the web accessibility of university websites is low. None of the websites passed the first accessibility level. Most of the accessibility errors are related to the compliance with the first WCAG2 guideline: alternative text for non-text content.
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Costin Pribeanu
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