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PlatMult: a multisensory platform with web accessibility features for low vision users

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Screen magnifiers are the usual assistive technology for low vision users in computer interaction. However, even using a screen magnifier, low vision users have serious limitations for web access. In order to mitigate this problem, we propose a multisensory platform called PlatMult, composed of visual, auditory, tactile feedback. The PlatMult provides a screen magnifier, integrated with a screen reader, and an adapted mouse with motor feedback. The feedback is fired in an integrated way; for instance, when the user moves the mouse over links and buttons in a webpage, the PlatMult activates the screen reader and the mouse motor feedback. This paper describes the components developed in order to obtain the accessible events from the Firefox web browser.

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      ASSETS '13: Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
      October 2013
      343 pages
      ISBN:9781450324052
      DOI:10.1145/2513383
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      1. low vision and screen magnifier
      2. motor feedback
      3. screen reader
      4. web accessibility

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