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Accessmenu: Enhancing Usability Of Online Restaurant Menus For Screen Reader Users, Nithiya Venkatraman, Akshay Kolgar Nayak, Suyog Dahal, Yash Prakash, Hae-Na Lee, Vikas Ashok Jan 2025

Accessmenu: Enhancing Usability Of Online Restaurant Menus For Screen Reader Users, Nithiya Venkatraman, Akshay Kolgar Nayak, Suyog Dahal, Yash Prakash, Hae-Na Lee, Vikas Ashok

Computer Science Faculty Publications

Online food ordering has become commonplace due to its convenience. The wide variety of culinary choices, combined with fast and economical door-delivery services, encourages more people to order food online. To facilitate this process, food vendors, including restaurants, often provide full menus on their websites, typically in visual formats such as images or PDFs. While this is convenient for sighted users, blind and visually impaired (BVI) individuals face significant challenges accessing these visual menus with their screen reader assistive technology. An interview study with 12 BVI screen reader users revealed that present assistive tools do not adequately satisfy the needs …