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A Preliminary Study on the Effect of Audio Feedback to Support Comprehension of Web Content Among Non-visual Internet Users

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Unlike normal users, the visually impaired need to rely on added technology that enables them to browse the Internet. Screen readers have been used to achieve this purpose in aiding this group of users. It is a software that has a programmed narrator which reads out aloud each item that appears on the computer screen. This paper aims to provide the visually impaired computer users an Internet search experience similar to normal users. We argue that accessibility of information from web content should be made equal to all users. An interview and a pilot testing were conducted for data collection from a group of visually impaired computer users. The study suggests that audio feedback could support comprehension of web content effectively and becomes more efficient with respect to several criteria that need to be considered in the development of a screen reader for the visually impaired computer user.

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  1. Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia

    Nur Fadhilah Mohd Noh, Suziah Sulaiman & Azelin Mohamed Noor

  2. Department of Management and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia

    Janson Luke Ong Wai Kit

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  1. Faculty of Computing Information Systems Department, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johar, Skudai, Malaysia

    Faisal Saeed

  2. Faculty of Computing Information Systems Department, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johar, Skudai, Malaysia

    Nadhmi Gazem

  3. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, SOA University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

    Srikanta Patnaik

  4. Faculty of Computing, ISSI Research Lab, University of Technology Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia

    Ali Saleh Saed Balaid

  5. Faculty of Computing, University of Technology Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia

    Fathey Mohammed

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Noh, N.F.M., Sulaiman, S., Noor, A.M., Kit, J.L.O.W. (2018). A Preliminary Study on the Effect of Audio Feedback to Support Comprehension of Web Content Among Non-visual Internet Users. In: Saeed, F., Gazem, N., Patnaik, S., Saed Balaid, A., Mohammed, F. (eds) Recent Trends in Information and Communication Technology. IRICT 2017. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 5. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59427-9_36

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