The European Commission considers it is now urgent to achieve a more coherent, common and effective approach to e-accessibility, in particular web accessibility, to hasten the advent of an accessible information society. Document COM (2008) 804 Final. This is based on the conclusion that “as our society is evolving to an ‘information society,’ we are becoming intrinsically more dependent on tec...

As society becomes increasingly more dependent on technology, information regarding the use, preference, and accessibility of commonly used devices and services among individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) is crucial. Developing technologies that are functional and appropriately accessible allows persons who are DHH to fully participate in society, education, and business while also...

The authors explore some of the many ways that grounded social relations remain salient to the online world of the Internet. Because of the ability to distribute via the Internet information at a very low cost anywhere that is connected to a telephone line, many advocate the Internet as being a democratizing force in the modern world. Such claims, however, often overlook the constraints on this...

conclusions geographic accessibility of pharmacies at night and on holidays has to be addressed by provincial health policymakers. materials and methods the analysis was based on straight-line distance measurements. we considered 150, 300, 450, 600, and 750 m for pedestrians, and 1, 2, and 3 km for driving accessibility as the acceptable distances. we calculated the number and percentage of hou...

objective: in dental and medical education, information and communication technology (ict) has been playing an important role and its use is rapidly increasing. in developing countries, however, information technology is still only available to a minority of health professionals. the present study aimed to assess the level of computer use among dental undergraduate students pursuing their caree...

Users with visual impairments face challenges when interacting with the increasingly ubiquitous touchscreens of mobile devices. As an alternative, wearable technology has the potential to provide unobtrusive input that can facilitate effective non-visual interaction. In this preliminary work, we explore the intersection of wearable technology and accessibility with a wristband prototype for con...