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This paper aims to discuss the challenges of developing and validating an accessible and responsive web site based on SIDI’s experience in creating and validating the GuAMA - Guide to the Development of Accessible Mobile Applications web site. The first versions of that web site (GuAMA) did not present nor responsive nor accessible characteristics, but during 2017 and the first months of 2018, we work to obtain them by considering the established web development standards, such as the W3C [1] and the BBC [2] guidelines. We will discuss the reasons for supporting both browsers on computer and smartphone, and also support for Windows and Android screen readers. We will show examples of HTML tags used to serve both platforms and how tests were made to ensure that changes to suit a given screen reader did not affect the operation of another.
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eMAG (Accessibility Model in Electronic Government) is a Brazilian government guide to accessibility, based on WCAG.
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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0). https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/
Accessibility Standards and Guidelines (BBC Guideline). http://www.bbc.co.uk/guidelines/futuremedia/accessibility/
Guide to development of Accessible Mobile Application. http://www.sidi.org.br/guiadeacessibilidade/en/index.html#inicio
Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA 1.1). https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/
Section 508 Standards for Electronic and Information Technology. https://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-it/about-the-section-508-standards/section-508-standards
Using WAI-ARIA W3C. https://www.w3.org/TR/aria-in-html/
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Anjos, M. et al. (2020). How to Overcome the Challenges of Developing Responsive and Accessible Websites – A Case Study. In: Ahram, T., Falcão, C. (eds) Advances in Usability and User Experience. AHFE 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 972. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19135-1_26
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