Accessible software development: a conceptual model proposal

Silva, João Sousa e; Gonçalves, Ramiro Manuel; Branco, Frederico; Pereira, António Manuel; Oliveira, Manuel Au-Yong; Martins, José

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Accessible software development: a conceptual model proposal

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dc.contributor.author	Silva, João Sousa e
dc.contributor.author	Gonçalves, Ramiro Manuel
dc.contributor.author	Branco, Frederico
dc.contributor.author	Pereira, António Manuel
dc.contributor.author	Oliveira, Manuel Au-Yong
dc.contributor.author	Martins, José
dc.date.accessioned	2019-12-06T10:57:34Z
dc.date.available	2019-12-06T10:57:34Z
dc.date.issued	2019
dc.description.abstract	Equal access to all software and digital content should be a reality in the Digital Era. This argument is something defended both by existing regulations, norms and standards, and also business organizations and governments. Despite this acknowledgement, the reality is still far from the desired equality. For certain groups of disabled or impaired citizens, such as the visually impaired, the existence of e-accessibility compliance represents an opportunity to integrate, in a more simple and straightforward manner, their societies. Despite the existing poor results on e-accessibility compliance, the mentioned citizens insist on using digital devices in their daily lives. Even though, in the last decade, multiple standards and regulations have been published towards indicating how to develop accessible digital user interfaces, there are still two major issues surrounding its implementation: the complexity and disparity of the documents containing the abovementioned norms, and also the lack of e-accessibility know-how by software experts. With this in mind, a proposal for an accessible software development model that encompasses e-accessibility incorporation as one of the development process activities has been presented. This model might represent a very interesting support tool for software development organizations and a novel resource for learning and training institutions to be able to improve their computer science and informatics students’ skills on e-accessibility.	pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorship	This work was supported by national funds through the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) under the Project UID/CEC/04524/2016. This work was financed by the ERDF—European Regional Development Fund through the Operational Program for Competitiveness and Internationalization—COMPETE 2020 within Project (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006961), and by National Funds through the Portuguese funding agency, FCT— Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia as part of Project (UID/EEA/50014/2013).	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citation	Silva, João Sousa e; Gonçalves, Ramiro Manuel Ramos Moreira; Branco, Frederico; Pereira, António; Au-Yong-Oliveira, Manuel; Martins, José (2019). Accessible software development: a conceptual model proposal. Universal Access in the Information Society. ISSN 1615-5289. 18:3, p. 703-716	pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/s10209-019-00688-5	pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn	1615-5289
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dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.relation	UID/CEC/04524/2016	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Software engineering	pt_PT
dc.subject	Software accessibility	pt_PT
dc.subject	Software development model	pt_PT
dc.subject	Accessible software	pt_PT
dc.title	Accessible software development: a conceptual model proposal	pt_PT
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