ABSTRACT
Resumen Teniendo en cuenta que la accesibilidad Web es el arte de garantizar que los portales de la Internet puedan ser visitados y utilizados de forma satisfactoria por el mayor número posible de personas, es imprescindible evaluar sus contenidos empleando las herramientas adecuadas; por tal razón, esta investigación tiene como objetivo presentar un modelo metodológico para valorar estas herramientas automáticas y seleccionar, entre las existentes, las que tienen más criterios, contemplados en la WCAG 2.0. El modelo propuesto comprende una metodología cíclica y se denomina IPAC, por las siglas en inglés de sus cuatro etapas: Inspect-Plan-Assess-Categorize, que pretenden categorizar y/o recategorizar las herramientas de evaluación de accesibilidad Web, cuyas funciones incorporadas son cambiantes en el tiempo. La validación realizada de este modelo en julio de 2017 de dio como resultado la categorización de las cinco mejores herramientas de licencia libre por cada nivel de conformidad (A, AA y AAA).
Abstract Taking into account that Web accessibility is the art of ensuring that web portals can be visited and used satisfactorily by as many people as possible, it is indispensable to evaluate the Web contents using the appropriate tools, for this reason, this research work aims to present a methodological model to evaluate these automatic tools, and to select between the existing ones, the highest number of criteria (referred to in WCAG 2.0) can be assessed. The proposed model comprises a cyclic methodology and is called IPAC by the acronym in English of its 4 stages (inspect-plan-assess-categorize), the same ones that are intended to categorize and/or recategorize the Web Accessibility assessment tools, whose built-in functions are changed over time. The validation made in July 2017 of this model resulted in the categorization of the 5 best free license tools for each conformance level (A, AA and AAA).
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Computer Communication Networks , Software , e-Accessibility , Internet UseABSTRACT
Internet is used by many patients to obtain relevant medical information. We assessed the impact of “Google” search on the knowledge of the parents whose ward suffered from squint. In 21 consecutive patients, the “Google” search improved the mean score of the correct answers from 47% to 62%. We found that “Google” search was useful and reliable source of information for the patients with regards to the disease etiopathogenesis and the problems caused by the disease. The internet‑based information, however, was incomplete and not reliable with regards to the disease treatment.