DESIGN PATTERNS FOR IMPROVING ACCESSIBILITY FOR TEST TAKERS WITH DISABILITIES

using c-test passages for improving reading comprehension ability and incidentally learned vocabulary of iranian efl learners

this study was an attempt to investigate the effect of using c-test passages on the reading comprehension and incidental vocabulary learning of iranian intermediate efl learners. the participants were 60 male efl learners at kish mehr institute in garmsar. in fact, there were two groups, an experimental group and a comparison group with 30 students in each. the participants were pretested throu...

Development of New Auditory Testing Media with Invisible 2-Dimensional Codes for Test-Takers with Print Disabilities

Utilizing invisible 2-dimensional codes and digital audio players with a 2-dimensional code scanner, we developed two types of new auditory testing media. The result of experimental evaluation of the new testing media shows that, in addition to existing special accommodations such as large-print-format test and braille-format test, the introduction of the new auditory testing media enables all ...

Accessibility to broadcasting services for persons with disabilities

Improving Online Access for People with Disabilities

This paper reports on a consumer-focused research and development project aimed at investigating the online communication requirements of people with disabilities in Australia. Results are informing the development of an accessible email software package with word prediction.

Accessibility to broadcasting services for persons with disabilities