Identifying the main difficulties in comprehension of graphics by blind citizens

• João Marques Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro
• Simone Ferreira Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro
• Claudia Cappelli Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbsi.2017.6031

Abstract

With the advancement of the internet and the era of transparency, several organizations disseminate a variety of information and services on the web. But much of this information are inaccessible to the visually impaired, such as information presented in graphic form. Seeking to reduce this lack of accessibility to this information the present research aims to identify the main difficulties related to the understanding of images on government websites for blind citizens and to propose recommendations for the development of these, so that the professionals involved in the information can make them more intelligible to blind citizens.

Keywords: Acessibilidade, entendimento de informações gráficas, transparência

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