Integrating accessibility as a quality property in web developments

Accessibility engineering in web evaluation process: a systematic literature review

“…(FD 2 .) Assets for web accessibility evaluation: (1) design a cost-effective crowdsourcing framework for web accessibility evaluation considering 25 checkpoints and 5 conformance levels [59]; (2) proposed a framework in order to evaluate the well-known automatic accessibility tools in terms of webpage accessibility through their proposed measurement metrics [60]; (3) a crowdsourcing framework for web accessibility evaluation against web accessibility content guidelines checkpoints [61]; (4) an open and flexible accessibility testing tool to support single and multi-page validation [62]; (5) WUAM is a framework for websites usability and accessibility evaluation to improve website performance [63]; (6) proposed a framework for web accessibility improvement following ISTQB in agile contexts [64]; (7) proposed a crowdsourcing framework for website accessibility evaluation to identify the accessibility barriers and determine the overall accessibility level [65]; (8) proposed an API based website accessibility testing tool following ADA guidelines to identify the potential errors and violations, even without prior knowledge [43]; (9) proposed a framework for website accessibility barrier measurement according to several variable magnitude techniques [50]; 10) proposed a heuristic method to determine the level of accessibility of high ranked websites [66].…”

“…Assets of framework implementation (FI) (FI 1 .) Assets for web accessibility evaluation system: (1) user-centric holistic decision support environment system for web and mobile applicationaccessibility evaluation [68]; (2) a cost-effective task assignment-based decision support system for web accessibility evaluation [69]; (3) a module for automatically analyzing, identifying and solving the accessibility issues [70]; (4) an automated website readability assessment model to improve the accessibility and readability of the website [76]; (5) ShoppingForAll is a tool for evaluating and identifying the strength and weaknesses of the website in terms of user satisfaction and accessibility criteria [71]; (6) an algorithm for semantic similarity improvement of website content from the web accessibility perspective [74]; (7) a tool for quality assessment of the university websites by assessing website source code [72]; (8) FAware is a tool to provide accessibility issues and available suggestions [38]; (9) a semi-supervised model to evaluate and predict website accessibility [75]; (10) an opensource, industry-standard tool to addresses the shortcomings of current accessibility testing tools for the local government context [73]; (11) WCAG4All is a tool for consulting web designers and developers about accessibility guidelines [39]; (12) WAccess is a browser extension open-source accessibility testing tool to evaluate websites against WCAG guidelines [77].…”

“…(T 4 .) Assets for accessibility evaluation: (1) propose a hybrid evaluation approach for improving user experience [97]; (2) A hybrid evaluation process for accessibility, usability, quality and readability testing [93]; (3) A semiautomated evaluation process incorporating AChecker, Total Validator, WAVE and expert opinion to examine the webpage code [94]; (4) AChecker is an automated validator to analyze education cooperative websites to determine its accessibility considering disabilities [95]; (5) TAW is an automated validator to validate websites against the conformance of WCAG 2.0 [96]; (6) A simulator for visual, hearing and mobility impairment to visualize the accessibility issue associated with the particular disability [98]; (7) A semi-automated process considering axe Monitor, Pope Tech, Siteimprove, ARC with user feedback to validate websites accessibility [99]; (8) WAVE is an automated validator to validate the accessibility of COVID-19 vaccine registration portals [100]; (9) accessibility evaluation through comparative analysis using automatic accessibility testing protocols and statistical observation [101]; (10) AChecker is an automated validator to evaluate website accessibility [102]; (11) AChecker, Cynthia Says, and TAW are automated validators to validate website e-accessibility [103]; (12) A comparative analysis using Webaccessibility automated accessibility validator and statistical technique to validate the websites against WCAG 2.1 conformance guidelines [104]; (13) Google PageSpeed Insights, Blink Audit Tool, Backlink Checker, WAVE and Bulk are automated validator to assess and evaluate website quality [105]; (14) Achecker, TAW, Eval Access, MAUVE and FAE are automated validators to identify the accessibility issues of the selected websites [51].…”

“…Assets of evaluation (E) (E 1 .) Assets for accessibility evaluation methods: (1) manual assessment through assistive technology with users and experts in this field [83]; (2) questionnaire-based assessment for people with visual impairment through several data analysis techniques [85]; (3) questionnaire-based evaluation for discovering the navigation strategies of low vision people that cause to experience accessibility barriers [107]; (4) automatic assessment system to identify the most effective validator for accessibility testing [108]; (5) statistical data analysis to validate the reliability of the questionnaire result [55]; (6) quantitative data analysis using statistical analysis methods [102]; (7) manual assessment criteria for accessibility assessment of Australian private and governmental websites against DDA standards [109]; (8) user evaluation of Adobe online design platforms tool with the help of mix panel data analysis [110]; (9) statistical evaluation for quality analysis of the websites [105].…”

“…A great volume of literature exists addressing accessibility guidelines in the design and development of web platforms [7,8]. More recently, a few studies highlighted the importance and emerging need of considering accessibility throughout the web development life cycle [9,10].…”