Information Technology (IT)

Internet searching by ear: Decision flow diagrams for sightless internet users

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CTA Method(s):

ACTA

Application(s):

Technology

Publication Year:

2004

Lead Author:

Megan G. Gorman

Description:

Cognitive task analysis conducted to better understand strategies that sighted and sightless users rely on to navigate the web. Researchers interviewed 18 internet users to provide web designers a better understanding of what information sightless users rely on to navigate the web, how they make sense of the information, and the strategies they used to locate key information in the verbal stream of a screen reader.

Full Reference:

Gorman, M. G., Militello, L. G., Swierenga, S. J., & Walker, J. L. (2004). Internet searching by ear: Decision flow diagrams for sightless internet users. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 48(2), 243-247. https://doi.org/10.1177/154193120404800204

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