Provide Alternate Simpler Web Browser
All the actions in a web browser might be difficult for a person to decipher or use. Having a simpler web browser will enable those people to use the internet efficiently.
Discussion by Disabilities
Simple browser includes lesser number of actions for the physically impaired thereby controlling motor movements.
People with cognitive disabilities face difficulties with understanding how the web browser works. Having a simple browser with the most common actions would enable them to use the Internet efficiently.
Existing Products
- WebbIE(link is external)- browser for the blind
- EIA(link is external)- Enhancing Internet Access
- MozBraille(link is external)-Mozdev.org
- WebAnywhere(link is external)
Related Research and Papers
- Keysurf: a character controlled browser for people with physical disabilities(link is external)- Leo Spalteholz, Kin Fun Li, Nigel Livingston, Foad Hamidi
- Auditory browser for blind and visually impaired users(link is external)- Patrick Roth, Lori Petrucci, Thierry Pun, André Assimacopoulos
- Csurf: a context-driven non-visual web-browser(link is external)- Jalal U. Mahmud, Yevgen Borodin, I. V. Ramakrishnan
- A tactile web browser for the visually disabled(link is external)- Martin Rotard, Sven Knödler, Thomas Ertl
- How people with developmental disabilities navigate the Internet(link is external)- B. Harrysson, A. Svensk, G. I. Johansson