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App Inventor as a Developing Tool to Increase the Accessibility and Readability of Information: A Case Study

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In this work, App Inventor is presented as a potential tool to develop an accessible app in order to convey contents and information. As use case, we considered the readability of a leaflet used to provide useful information to the general public. Usually this type of contents is presented in a static PDF format, which cannot be easily read on a touch screen. In this work, App Inventor is used to convey information in a more interactive and readable way via a mobile app. The study was specifically aimed at investigating (1) the accessibility support provided by App Inventor, and (2) the usage of an interactive mobile app as a possible tool to enhance content readability on a touch-screen device. The designed app showed that accessibility is supported by App Inventor, although some minor issues have been detected in the user interface design. Finally a set of possible design suggestions has been proposed.

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DSAI '20: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Software Development and Technologies for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info-exclusion
December 2020
245 pages
ISBN:9781450389372
DOI:10.1145/3439231
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  1. App inventor
  2. Mobile accessibility
  3. Readability
  4. screen reader

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