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Benefits and Challenges of Combining Automated and User Testing to Enhance e-Accessibility – The European Internet Inclusion Initiative

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Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP 2014)

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The European Internet Inclusion Initiative (EIII) presents a new approach by combining the benefits of automated and user testing in order to improve both the quality and the coverage of evaluation results. This paper provides an overview of the challenges posed by online accessibility assessment and outlines the initial steps towards the combination of automated and user testing in the form of crowd sourcing.

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  1. Tingtun AS, Norway

    Mikael Snaprud & Kamyar Rasta

  2. DAKA advisory AB, Sweden

    Kim Andreasson

  3. Forschungsinstitut Technologie und Behinderung (FTB), der Evangelischen Stiftung Volmarstein, Germany

    Annika Nietzio

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  1. Institute “Integriert Studieren”, Johannes Kepler University, Altenbergerstr. 69,, 4040, Linz, Austria

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  2. Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, M5B 2K3, Toronto, ON, Canada

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  3. THIM/EA 4004 CHArt, Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint Denis, 2 rue de la liberté, 93526, Saint-Denis Cedex, France

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  4. Teiresias Centre, Masaryk University, Botanická 68A, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic

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  5. Institute “Integriert Studieren”, Vienna University of Technology, Favoritenstraße 11/029, Vienna, 1050, Austria

    Wolfgang Zagler

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Snaprud, M., Rasta, K., Andreasson, K., Nietzio, A. (2014). Benefits and Challenges of Combining Automated and User Testing to Enhance e-Accessibility – The European Internet Inclusion Initiative. In: Miesenberger, K., Fels, D., Archambault, D., Peňáz, P., Zagler, W. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8547. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08596-8_20

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