CHAPTER 4

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Accessibility, Internationalization, and Navigation

Accessibility and internationalization are two aspects of usability. The first —accessibility—is for those who have some form of sensory or physical impairment such as blindness. The second—internationalization—appeals to those who don’t speak the language used by the audio or the video file.

Since the mid-1990s, the Web has developed a vast set of functionalities to cope with the extra requirements of these users and their needs. Web sites present themselves in multiple languages, and screen readers or Braille devices provide vision-impaired users with the ability to consume web page ...

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