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International Conference on Computers for Handicapped Persons

ICCHP 2014: Computers Helping People with Special Needs pp 109–112Cite as

Checking Web Accessibility with the Content Accessibility Checker (CAC)

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The internet has become an indispensable tool for the access of in-formation. However, most websites are not sufficiently accessible for people with disabilities. Accessibility problems originate from either the underlying CMS systems or from content authors disregarding fundamental accessibility requirements. With the Content Accessibility Checker CAC we give a tool at hand to specifically red-flag possible accessibility issues to authors. The checking criteria form a subset of the WCAG 2.0 standard and are published as a checklist for authors and publishers. CAC is available as a browser plugin and is published as open source on github. It is based on JavaScript and can be ex-tended with specific checking rules. In checking mode it detects accessibility is-sues on a website, highlights it with an overlay in the web browser and gives hints and recommendations on improving web accessibility.

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  1. E-Government-Institute, BUAS – Bern University of Applied Sciences, Bern, Switzerland

    Eduard Klein

  2. ≪Access-for-All≫ Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland

    Anton Bolfing & Markus Riesch

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

    Klaus Miesenberger

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

    Deborah Fels

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

    Dominique Archambault

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

    Petr Peňáz

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

    Wolfgang Zagler

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Klein, E., Bolfing, A., Riesch, M. (2014). Checking Web Accessibility with the Content Accessibility Checker (CAC). 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_16

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