Usability Analysis and Testing for Designing Accessible Web Systems

Running head: USABILITY ANALYSIS AND TESTING
Usability Analysis and Testing
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction......................................................................................................................2
2. Background......................................................................................................................2
2.1. Target groups............................................................................................................2
2.2. User interface structure and design...........................................................................2
2.3. Arrangement of the components...............................................................................3
2.4. Visual design of the Components.............................................................................4
2.5. Use of Language.......................................................................................................5
3. Interaction modes.............................................................................................................5
3.1. Keyboard accessibility..............................................................................................5
3.2. Assistive technology.................................................................................................6
4. MAP.................................................................................................................................6
5. Recommendations............................................................................................................7
6. Additional Considerations for increasing the accessibility.............................................9
7. Conclusion.....................................................................................................................10
References..........................................................................................................................11

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1. Introduction
The report is prepared for the selection of the topic Designing accessible web systems for
visually disabled users. There are different standards that should be applied in the development
process for reducing the risk of legal obligations and increase the simplicity of the website for
easier access. The disable personnel with visual impairment who are unable to read the text in
the web content should be able to hear it using the screen reading application software. The
options that can be implemented for handling the peoples with disability should be analyzed for
designing the website for visually disabled users.
2. Background
2.1. Target groups
The main target groups for the development of the website are the visually impaired and
the website is required to cover a wide range of disorders of the personnel’s. There are different
types of web application that can be used for the development of the website such as navigation
tools, help components and mapping components that can be embedded with the GUI for the
development of the web interface design of an organization.
2.2. User interface structure and design
The user interface should have different components that are applied for increasing the
flexibility of the websites such as navigation tools, pop-up windows, web maps, zooming maps,
base map selectors, etc (Taylor et al. 2015). Similar to the development of the graphical user
interface the different map components can be selected such that it can be accessed and
developed with the needs of the user using the website.

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2.3. Arrangement of the components
It should be ensured that the components deployed for the development of the web
interface should be easy to use and the design of the interface should be kept simple and
consistent for increasing the usability of the website. A predictable layout should be used and the
components should be selected carefully for application in the website and a specific
functionality should be linked with it for the benefiting the targeted group of users using the
website (O’Modhrain et al. 2015). The following guidelines should be used for the development
of the graphical user interface:
- Checking the unnecessary elements and removal of the elements for keeping the web
interface simple.
- Removal of the unnecessary control elements and controlling the elements for focusing
on the group of users for reducing the complexity of the website
- Location the same type of control elements and grouping them according to their
similarity for the management of the codes
- Implementation of a horizontal and flat organized structure of interface with no nested or
dropdown element.
- Placing the critical element in the front page such it is visible to the users at a glance and
no scrolling is required to access them (Waddington et al. 2015).
- Avoiding the overlap of the elements placed in the web interface for increasing the
readability of the website.
The navigation tools and the base maps selectors if deployed in the component of the
map, the visually disables users may find difficulty to read the map and also it becomes
difficult to use and recognize the control elements. For increasing the efficiency of the