Towards Mobile Web Accessibility Vision and Challenges

The mobile world is increasingly becoming ubiquitous throughout the world as an entry point to consult but also activate services, as more and more people use smart phones as entry points to interact with the Web. At the same time, people with disabilities are leveraging the Web and smart phones in ways never imagined before, where technologies lower the burden of becoming au pair with people with no disabilities. However, the current state of the mobile Web is suffering from the same problems of the Web with respect to its adequacy to people with disabilities. In this paper we present the current state of the adequacy of Web and Mobile Web technologies to people with disabilities, discussing the main challenges to attain the vision of Mobile Web Accessibility, taking also onboard findings from recent surveys among people with disabilities in various EU countries.