E-Commerce and Visually Impaired

This paper is influenced by all web users that have a visual impairment disability and will focus on the implications of users with visual disabilities whilst using the web, specifically when concerned with using ecommerce websites. A significant amount of research will be conducted on the current usability guidelines and the problems that users with visual disabilities face whilst using the web. Research will be conducted in order to gain an understanding of the target audience and how the website needs to function to satisfy and comply with visually impaired user requirements. In order to achieve these aims an audit of well known e-commerce websites will be performed to discover the barriers and potential flaws in current e-commerce websites and produce a solution that satisfies all web users. A narrative set of guidelines will be produced from the findings of the early analysis in order to assist developers in creating an accessible e-commerce user interface.