What is it about?
This study explores the challenges that visually impaired users face when navigating multilingual websites with screen readers. We analyse how these assistive technologies switch between languages and identify common issues that hinder a seamless user experience.
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Why is it important?
In an increasingly globalized internet, ensuring that multilingual websites are accessible to everyone is crucial. This research sheds light on a specific accessibility problem that has been overlooked and offers a starting point for developing more inclusive web practices. The findings are relevant for web developers, content managers, and translators.
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We hope this study raises awareness about the importance of multilingual web accessibility. Our goal is to encourage developers and content creators to consider the needs of screen reader users when building and managing websites with content in more than one language. Future research could focus on developing automated testing tools and establishing best practice guidelines.
Jesús Torres del Rey
Universidad de Salamanca
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This page is a summary of: Multilingual accessibility in human-screen reader interaction with web content: an exploratory study, Tradumàtica tecnologies de la traducció, December 2024, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona,
DOI: 10.5565/rev/tradumatica.380.
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