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Exploring Variability of Visual Accessibility Options in Operating Systems

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  • Austin Waffo Kouhoué

    (École Nationale Supérieure Polytechnique de Yaoundé, Université de Yaoundé I, Yaoundé P.O. Box 8390, Cameroon)

  • Yoann Bonavero

    (LIRMM, University of Montpellier, CNRS, F34095 Montpellier, France)

  • Thomas Bouétou Bouétou

    (École Nationale Supérieure Polytechnique de Yaoundé, Université de Yaoundé I, Yaoundé P.O. Box 8390, Cameroon)

  • Marianne Huchard

    (LIRMM, University of Montpellier, CNRS, F34095 Montpellier, France)

Abstract

Digital technologies are an opportunity to overcome disabilities, provided that accessibility is ensured. In this paper, we focus on visual accessibility and the way it is supported in Operating Systems (OS). The significant variability in this support has practical consequences, e.g., the difficulty to recommend or select an OS, or migrate from one OS to another. This suggests building a variability model for OS that would classify them and would serve as a reference. We propose a methodology to build such a variability model with the help of the Formal Concept Analysis (FCA) framework. In addition, as visual accessibility can be divided into several concerns (e.g., zoom, or contrast), we leverage an extension of FCA, namely Relational Concept Analysis. We also build an ontology to dispose of a standardized description of visual accessibility options. We apply our proposal to the analysis of the variability of a few representative operating systems.

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  • Austin Waffo Kouhoué & Yoann Bonavero & Thomas Bouétou Bouétou & Marianne Huchard, 2021. "Exploring Variability of Visual Accessibility Options in Operating Systems," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 13(9), pages 1-28, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jftint:v:13:y:2021:i:9:p:230-:d:628932
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    1. Darren Chadwick & Caroline Wesson & Chris Fullwood, 2013. "Internet Access by People with Intellectual Disabilities: Inequalities and Opportunities," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 5(3), pages 1-22, July.
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