The authors evaluate the accessibility for persons with visual disabilities of WebVoyage 2000, the online public access catalog from Endeavor. They briefly review the assistive technologies used by persons with visual disabilities and the major Web accessibility guidelines and requirements; then, using specific provisions from Federal Web accessibility regulations, they examine several Voyager implementations, reviewing introductory pages, search pages, limit pages, list and record displays, and help pages noting areas where particular elements of page design or construction cause the content to be confusing or unusable to a person using a screen reader. The evaluation is concluded with specific recommendations for Endeavor and the implementing libraries for necessary modifications to make WebVoyage usable by persons with visual disabilities.
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June 01 2002
Voyager 2000: a review of accessibility for persons with visual disabilities
Robert Axtell;
Robert Axtell
Robert Axtell (raxt@loc.gov) is Head, Bibliographic Control Section at the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, The Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA.
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Judith M. Dixon
Judith M. Dixon
Judith M. Dixon (jdix@loc.gov) is Consumer Relations Officer, at the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, The Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2054-166X
Print ISSN: 0737-8831
© MCB UP Limited
2002
Library Hi Tech (2002) 20 (2): 141–147.
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Axtell R, Dixon JM (2002), "Voyager 2000: a review of accessibility for persons with visual disabilities". Library Hi Tech, Vol. 20 No. 2 pp. 141–147, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/07378830210432507
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