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Voyager 2000: a review of accessibility for persons with visual disabilities

Robert Axtell (Robert Axtell (raxt@loc.gov) is Head, Bibliographic Control Section at the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, The Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA.)
Judith M. Dixon (Judith M. Dixon (jdix@loc.gov) is Consumer Relations Officer, at the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, The Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA.)

Library Hi Tech

ISSN: 0737-8831

Article publication date: 1 June 2002

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Abstract

The authors evaluate the accessibility for persons with visual disabilities of WebVoyage 2000, the online public access catalog from Endeavor. They briefly review the assistive technologies used by persons with visual disabilities and the major Web accessibility guidelines and requirements; then, using specific provisions from Federal Web accessibility regulations, they examine several Voyager implementations, reviewing introductory pages, search pages, limit pages, list and record displays, and help pages noting areas where particular elements of page design or construction cause the content to be confusing or unusable to a person using a screen reader. The evaluation is concluded with specific recommendations for Endeavor and the implementing libraries for necessary modifications to make WebVoyage usable by persons with visual disabilities.

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Axtell, R. and Dixon, J.M. (2002), "Voyager 2000: a review of accessibility for persons with visual disabilities", Library Hi Tech, Vol. 20 No. 2, pp. 141-147. https://doi.org/10.1108/07378830210432507

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