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Research on Internet use by Spanish-speaking users with blindness and partial sight

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The results of an online questionnaire for Spanish-speaking Internet users with visual impairment are presented in this work. The research was carried out during 2002. The data collected shows that Internet is a very valuable tool for visually impaired people, as it allows them to access written information in an autonomous and instantaneous manner and to communicate with others through individual email and discussion lists. However, all users found frequent and important problems of accessibility in many web pages that prevent them from having complete access to the information and functionalities of those websites.

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  1. tiflonet, tifloclub, accesoweb and Paidos-NEE

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We would like to thank all visually impaired participants in this research for the time and effort devoted to filling in the online questionnaires. We would like to especially thank the following people for their valuable contribution, validating the content and accessibility of the questionnaire in the initial phase of the research: Enrique Varela (Fundación ONCE), Jose Manuel Álvarez (manolo.net), Miguel Martín (ONCE Valencia), Cristina Pérez (ONCE Barcelona), Miguel Ángel Alegría (ONCE Granada) and Oscar Gorri.

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  1. Research Unit ACCESO, Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Universitat of València Estudi General, Avda. Blasco Ibañez, 21, Valencia, 46010, Spain

    Rafael Romero Zúnica & Vicenta Ávila Clemente

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Romero Zúnica, R., Ávila Clemente, V. Research on Internet use by Spanish-speaking users with blindness and partial sight. Univ Access Inf Soc 6, 103–110 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-006-0055-7

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