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Bridging the gap: between accessibility and usability

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    Guidelines for Accessible---and Usable---Web Sites: Observing Users Who Work With Screenreaders

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    National Center for Accessible Media, 2003, Making Educational Software and Web Sites Accessible: Design Guidelines. Available at http://ncam.wgbh.org/cdrom/guideline (especially for guidelines on coding well-behaved forms at http://ncam.wgbh.org/cdrom/guideline/guideline3.html).
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        cover image Interactions
        Interactions  Volume 10, Issue 6
        Bridging the gap
        November + December 2003
        56 pages
        ISSN:1072-5520
        EISSN:1558-3449
        DOI:10.1145/947226
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        Published: 01 November 2003
        Published in INTERACTIONS Volume 10, Issue 6

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