Paper Info
Title
Web 2.0: Twitter and the blind
Abstract
The latest Internet phenomenon is Twitter, a micro-blogging platform that in just a few years has attracted millions of users. With short messages (tweets), following and followers, Twitter is reshaping ways of interacting online. Thus, its accessibility is very important for social interaction as well as for work. In this paper we discuss the accessibility of Twitter for blind users interacting via screen reader and voice synthesizer. First, basic functions such as registration, login, posting and reading tweets have been analyzed highlighting accessibility issues, then a discussion is based on the analyzed case study, offering suggestions for designers.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1145/2037296.2037333
CHItaly
Keywords
Field
DocType
latest internet phenomenon,short message,basic function,interacting online,micro-blogging platform,blind user,social interaction,accessibility issue,case study,screen reader,social network,web 2 0,usability,accessibility
Screen reader,Social relation,Internet privacy,Speech synthesis,World Wide Web,Social network,Computer science,Usability,Login,Web 2.0,The Internet
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.46
7
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Maria Claudia Buzzi116023.60
Marina Buzzi224233.45
Barbara Leporini342846.45