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Accessibility

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Biometric Alternatives To Captcha: Exploring Accessible Interface Options, Anita Foley Jan 2012

Biometric Alternatives To Captcha: Exploring Accessible Interface Options, Anita Foley

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In the computing domain the relationship between accessibility and security is a complex and evolving one; accessibility attempts to ensure that as wide a range of individuals as possible are granted access to systems, whereas security attempts to restrict access only to individuals who are entitled to access those systems. A key security concern is to determine whether or not the system is being accessed by a software agent or a real human being, and a number of approaches have been developed to determine the answer to this question. This issue has been discussed throughout the history of computer science …


The Prevailing Obstacles In Web Accessibility On Three Well-Known Websites For Older People With Sight Difficulties, Sarah O'Reilly Jan 2012

The Prevailing Obstacles In Web Accessibility On Three Well-Known Websites For Older People With Sight Difficulties, Sarah O'Reilly

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Prior research has argued that there is no one best approach to evaluating web accessibility and proposes the adoption of multiple approaches. Following these proposals this research used three different approaches for evaluating accessibility on websites for accessibility to older persons with sight difficulties as there are advantages and disadvantages to each approach. Approached used included: (1) Using automated tools to determine accessibility, which looks at the code of websites to get a general overview of accessibility issues. (2) Manually looking at the design, code and also how it might impact the user. This involved a manual assessment of each …