Paper Info
Title
Browsing web based documents through an alternative tree interface: the webtree browser
Abstract
The serial nature of speech technology seriously reduces the efficiency of blind individuals accessing web-based documents. Locating and manoeuvring to the required information can often be slow and laborious. This paper describes WebTree, a rather simple, yet highly customisable tree structured interface to web based documents, which provides page summaries based on the tree-like arrangement of the mark-up. The user dynamically controls how much of the document's tree hierarchy is to be exposed on a (virtual) screen at any given time. Thus, entire element sub-trees may be efficiently traversed with minimal difficulty. Methods for incorporating non-hierarchical elements (such as tables), are also discussed. In addition, an alternative search mechanism, which allows for the restriction of the search to specific mark-up elements, is examined. Finally, this paper includes the initial findings from user evaluation tests and provides some additional recommendations to increase the usability of the interface
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1007/11788713_17
ICCHP
Keywords
Field
DocType
entire element sub-trees,blind individual,alternative search mechanism,customisable tree,specific mark-up element,browsing web,additional recommendation,user dynamically,tree hierarchy,initial finding,alternative tree interface,user evaluation test,webtree browser,virtual screening,tree structure
World Wide Web,User assistance,Computer science,Usability,Electronic document,Document Object Model,Web application,Hierarchy,User interface,Speech technology
Conference
Volume
ISSN
ISBN
4061
0302-9743
3-540-36020-4
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.55
6
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Esmond Walshe140.55
Barry McMullin210421.39