Empirical Results from an Evaluation of the Accessibility of Websites by Dyslexic Users
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This paper presents an empirical study on problems encountered by users with dyslexia when using websites. The study was performed by a user evaluation of 16 websites by a panel of 13 participants with dyslexia, each participant evaluating 10 websites. The results presented in the paper are based on 693 instances of accessibility and usability problems. Most frequent problems were related to navigation issues, problems with presentation and organisation of information, lack or misfunctioning of specific funtionality in websites, and issues with language.
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