Ismail Abid, Kuppusamy K S, Nengroo Ab Shakoor
a Department of Computer Science, School of Engineering and Technology , Pondicherry University , Puducherry , India.
Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol. 2018 Aug;13(6):504-516. doi: 10.1080/17483107.2017.1344883. Epub 2017 Aug 2.
Nature of being accessible to all categories of users is one of the primary factors for enabling the wider reach of the resources published through World Wide Web. The accessibility of websites has been analyzed through W3C guidelines with the help of various tools. This paper presents a multi-tool accessibility assessment of government department websites belonging to the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. A comparative analysis of six accessibility tools is also presented with 14 different parameters.
The accessibility analysis tools used in this study for analysis are aChecker, Cynthia Says, Tenon, wave, Mauve, and Hera. These tools provide us the results of selected websites accessibility status on Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0 and 2.0.
It was found that there are variations in accessibility analysis results when using different accessibility metrics to measure the accessibility of websites. In addition to this, we have identified the guidelines which have frequently been violated. It was observed that there is a need for incorporating the accessibility component features among the selected websites. This paper presents a set of suggestions to improve the accessibility status of these sites so that the information and services provided by these sites shall reach a wider spectrum of audience without any barrier. Implications for rehabilitation The following points indicates that this case study of JKGAD websites comes under Rehabilitation focused on Visually Impaired users. Due to the universal nature of web, it should be accessible to all according to WCAG guidelines framed by World Wide Web Consortium. In this paper we have identified multiple accessibility barriers for persons with visual impairment while browsing the Jammu and Kashmir Government websites. Multi-tool analysis has been done to pin-point the potential barriers for persons with visually Impaired. Usability analysis has been performed to check whether these websites are suitable for persons with visual impairment. We provide some valuable suggestions which can be followed by developers and designers to minimize these potential accessibility barriers.Based on aforementioned key points, this article helps the persons with disability especially Visually Impaired Users to access the web resources better with the implementation of identified suggestions.
对所有类别用户均可访问的特性是使通过万维网发布的资源获得更广泛传播的主要因素之一。已借助各种工具依据万维网联盟（W3C）指南对网站的可访问性进行了分析。本文呈现了对查谟和克什米尔邦政府部门网站的多工具可访问性评估。还对六种可访问性工具进行了具有14个不同参数的对比分析。
本研究中用于分析的可访问性分析工具为aChecker、Cynthia Says、Tenon、wave、Mauve和Hera。这些工具为我们提供了所选网站依据网页内容可访问性指南（WCAG）1.0和2.0的可访问性状态结果。
发现使用不同的可访问性指标来衡量网站的可访问性时，可访问性分析结果存在差异。除此之外，我们还确定了经常被违反的指南。观察到在所选网站中需要纳入可访问性组件功能。本文提出了一系列建议以改善这些网站的可访问性状态，从而使这些网站提供的信息和服务能够无障碍地惠及更广泛的受众群体。康复意义 以下几点表明，查谟和克什米尔邦政府行政部门（JKGAD）网站的本案例研究属于针对视障用户的康复范畴。由于网络的通用性，根据万维网联盟制定的WCAG指南，它应为所有人所访问。在本文中，我们确定了视障人士浏览查谟和克什米尔邦政府网站时存在的多个可访问性障碍。已进行多工具分析以找出视障人士面临的潜在障碍。已开展可用性分析以检查这些网站对视障人士是否适用。我们提供了一些有价值的建议，开发人员和设计师可遵循这些建议以尽量减少这些潜在的可访问性障碍。基于上述要点，本文通过实施已确定的建议，帮助残疾人士尤其是视障用户更好地访问网络资源。
