Able to read my mail: An accessible e-mail client with assistive technology

Saggion, Horacio; Ferrés, Daniel; Sevens, Leen; Schuurman, Ineke; Ripollés, Marta; Rodríguez, Olga

doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3058555.3058567

Able to read my mail: An accessible e-mail client with assistive technology

Citació

Saggion H, Ferrés D, Sevens L, Schuurman I, Ripollés M, Rodríguez O. Able to read my mail: An accessible e-mail client with assistive technology. In: Proceedings of the 14th Web for All Conference on The Future of Accessible Work; 2017 Apr 2-4; Perth, Australia. New York (NY): ACM; 2017. Article 5. DOI: 10.1145/3058555.3058567

Resum

The Able to Include project aims at improving the living conditions of people with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) in key areas of society. One of its focus points concerns improving the integration of people with IDD in the workplace by introducing accessible Web-based tools. This paper describes one of the tools developed as result of the project: an e-mail client with text simplification and other assistive technologies which makes information transmitted over the Internet more understandable to people with IDD therefore facilitating their labor integration. The accessible Web e-mail client has been developed following a User-Centered Design and tested with people with IDD. The results so far are encouraging.

Descripció

Comunicació presentada a la conferència Web for All Conference on The Future of Accessible Work celebrada del 2 al 4 d'abril de 2017 a Perth, Austràlia.