According to the literature, normal ageing is associated with a decline in sensory, perceptual, motor and cognitive abilities. When designing applications for elderly people, it is crucial to take into consideration the ...

During the recent years, World Wide Web becomes the main source of information for every sector like, academic, medical, social and almost everywhere and for everybody. Usable system improves user performance and satisfaction ...

The title of this chapter comes from the Chinese idiom “a peep at a leopard through a tube – see a spot or two” (管中窥豹，可见一斑), which means looking at an issue from a single perspective and conjuring up a bigger picture. The ...

Library resource discovery tools (RDTs) are the latest generation of library catalogs that enable searching across disparate databases and repositories from a single search box. Although such “Google-like” experience has ...

Weibo is one of the most widely used social media in China. It is the Chinese Twitter, which allow users to post 140 Chinese characters. Weibo has 100 million daily active users. People usually use it to get news and share ...

Screen-reader users access images on the Web using alternative text delivered via synthetic speech. However, research shows that this is tedious and unsatisfying for blind users, because text-to-speech applications lack ...

Readability of text on the web is a key prerequisite for achieving universal accessibility. The World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines state that general text should not require reading levels ...

The popularity of interactive learning materials is increasing in the field of education. In the field of mathematics, the GeoGebra online web application has become the part of curriculum in the higher secondary education ...

In the one hand, the trend of online digital media is booming leaving behind the traditional media due to its various advantages over traditional. On the other hand, the number of disability and old users are increasing ...

Besides the globally popular MOOCs, localized MOOCs specific to a region or language are also emerging. These specialized MOOCs often aim to address specific needs that are typically unaddressed by the ...