Participatory design for accessible e-tourism: the case of people with visual impairments

María Inés Laitano (1)

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Provide accessible tourist information not only involves providing a website that meets accessibility standards but also provide information on physical and communicative accessibility of the tourist place or service. To this end, this paper presents an accessible participatory design methodology involving both users with visual impairments and website "owners". Advantages over other participatory design methodologies are discussed.

Mots clés: People with visual impairments; Web accessibility; e-Tourism; User Interfaces; Screen reader users; Inclusive design; Participatory design

Domaines: Sciences de l'information et de la communication

María Inés Laitano. Participatory design for accessible e-tourism: the case of people with visual impairments. 7th Latin American Conference on Human Computer Interaction (CLIHC), Nov 2015, Córdoba, Argentina. ⟨hal-01233123⟩