Markel Vigo
Julio Abascal
ABSTRACT
This paper presents a tool for evaluating web accessibility for mobile devices regardless their software, hardware or user agent characteristics. Taking the mobileOK Basic tests by the W3C as a basis, these tests are extended so that device characteristics can be considered in the evaluation process. A sound tool that takes into account these extended tests has been developed. Device features of a given device are retrieved from heterogeneous device description repositories and CC/PP based profiles are automatically generated. Based on these profiles, evaluation queries are dynamically created obtaining device-tailored evaluation reports. Finally, in order to demonstrate the feasibility of the tool, a case study has been conducted concluding that the tool reduces the number of false positives and false negatives.
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