SAMi: An Accessible Web Application Solution for Video Search for People with Intellectual Disabilities
In this paper an accessible Web application that uses icons instead of text to performed YouTube video search, called SAMi, is presented. With this iconic interaction Web application (SAMi), we aimed to develop universal access on the Web, by presenting a
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INESC TEC, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal {trocha,hparedes,jbarroso,maxbessa}@utad.pt
Abstract. In this paper an accessible Web application that uses icons instead of text to performed YouTube video search, called SAMi, is presented. With this iconic interaction Web application (SAMi), we aimed to develop universal access on the Web, by presenting an alternative way of Web search (without using text); to be a starting point for the definition of an accessible interaction metaphor, based on universal design iconography for digital environments; and ultimately, to contribute to the democratization of access to the Web for all users, regardless of the degree of literacy. The main results obtained with the user test evaluation were: first-rate performance, higher satisfaction and total autonomy in their inter‐ action with SAMi. Keywords: Web accessibility · Usability · Web application · Video search · YouTube · Eye tracking · Intellectual disabilities
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Introduction
Since text (usual way to access content on the Internet) limits the autonomous interaction for people with difficulties in reading and writing [1], as a means of intervention to overcome the problem, in this paper, we present an accessible Web application that uses icons instead of text to performed YouTube video search, called SAMi. SAMi works with the Youtube API and for this reason presents all YouTube videos on an alternative accessible interface. Have an important audio feature that helps users in their interaction. Users only have to click on icons (design specifications in [1]) that represent search categories rather than insert a keyword in the search field, facilitating the user-interaction and ultimately give access to a public before excluded of the Web environments. In this paper it is presented the development and evaluation of the prototype. The paper is structured as follow: in the second section, the background is presented; the third section discusses how SAMi was developed regarding navigation system and structure design; the forth section focus on the validation of the prototype by performing a user evaluation, for that it is specified the participants of this study, the experimental design, the procedure and apparatus used, and the results are analyzed and discussion; in the final section the conclusions and future work are presented.
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 K. Miesenberger et al. (Eds.): ICCHP 2016, Part II, LNCS 9759, pp. 310–316, 2016. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-41267-2_43
SAMi: An Accessible Web Application Solution for Video Search
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Background
According to the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in the Diagnostic and Stat‐ istical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM-V), a person with intellectual disability have a condition that affects cognitive functions and their development over time, leading to major learning difficulties which is one of its most recognized and prominent characteristics [2]. Recurrently, this group of people sees the access to the Web co
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