Universal Access in the Information Society

This study explores the mechanism that contributes to travel intention in the field of virtual tourism. The overall research method is based on the “Stimulus-Organism-Response” theory. In the research model, the effects of content quality, system ...

Despite the media reports and governments promoting tourism as a fundamental right for everyone, traveling is still not accessible for disabled people. This study has highlighted the need to make tourists with disabilities accessable for ...

With so much confusion around use case modeling, software developers may be reluctant to apply it. However, use cases are easy to apply and have great benefits even in research settings with nonprofessional software developers involved. We report ...

Event management is a growing sector in the tourism industry and one of the fastest growing industries in the world. The sector contributes significantly to global economies and provides substantial employment opportunities. Events are spaces for ...

This study aims to examine the critical role of the third-party partnership and extend the Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT2) framework for restaurant customers’ adoption of self-service technologies (SSTs). The ...

Nowadays, cultural institutions face the challenge of answering the requirements of a very diverse audience in order to be more socially inclusive, enabling everyone to have access to their cultural content. However, there are different barriers ...

The adoption of mobile health technology can assist in enhancing the quality of life of elderly people. Over the last few years, though mHealth research has expanded, the usage of mHealth applications among elderly is still minimal. This study ...

Ambient assisted living (AAL) proposes a vision of the future in which older people can remain in their homes on their own for as long as possible, guaranteeing care and attention thanks to intelligent systems capable of making their lives easier. ...

Social media platforms have become significant media for participating in society. This, and society’s digitalization overall, has resulted in concerns regarding access and inclusion. By combining theories of social media participation and digital ...

This study aimed to evaluate the current state of accessibility, performance and engagement of higher education institution websites in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Using four tools, namely AChecker, WAVE, PageSpeed Insights and Similarweb, a ...

Social sustainability is the generation of significant behaviors through balanced levels of education, learning and awareness so that the population has a good standard of living, achieves self-improvement and supports society. This can be ...

Live streaming commerce has emerged as a novel form of online marketing that offers live streaming commerce platforms a means of meeting different user groups’ needs. The objective of this article is to examine the effects of age and gender on ...

Recently, due to the spread of COVID-19, the implementation of remote learning has been increasing worldwide. This study aims to analyze the difficulties and convenience of using information and communication technology (ICT) for students with ...

The present study aimed to merge expertise from evidence-based practice and user-centered design to develop a rating scale for considering user input and other sources of information about end-users in studies reporting on the design of technology-...

This study investigated a “hand cursor” technique which used an open hand to control an area cursor (i.e., a cursor with a larger active area) while using an index finger extended gesture to switch the area cursor into a point cursor (i.e., a ...

In line with the upward trend of applying online video in education, this study examined factors influencing the behavioral intention of children to use video-sharing tools in an integrated elementary curriculum. A total of 222 children from ...

Computer tools allow to ease the daily life of everyone, especially for people with disabilities. The optimal choice of pointing interfaces or types of settings can be difficult to achieve. Although there exist a few tests to compare and evaluate ...

The purpose of the current study is threefold. First, it evaluates the accessibility of banking websites in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Second, it examines the effect of bank size and prior performance on the implementation of web accessibility. ...

Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurological disorder that is very common among older adults. In truth, taking care of Alzheimer’s patients can be a very tedious job that requires a lot of time and effort. On the other hand, smartphone ...

The accuracy of satellite-based positioning systems is poor in indoor environments and around built environments. Reading and following visual cues still remain the most common mechanism for providing and receiving wayfinding information in such ...

This paper reports the results of the automated accessibility evaluation of nearly three million web pages. The analysis of the evaluations allowed us to characterize the status of web accessibility. On average, we identified 30 errors per web ...

Designing serious games (SG) for children with a cognitive disorder like dyslexia presents some challenges. Indeed, understanding the needs of target users can provide guidelines for creating digital learning environments that attract their ...

The transmission of informational privacy has become a fertile ground for debate among competing actors affected by the proliferation of information communication technologies. Contexts are among the factors that shape the flow of informational ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neuro-developmental disorder that results in narrow interest and impairments in communication and social relationships. Usually, unknown contexts generate anxiety and frustration in persons with ASD, and great ...

The importance of using accessible learning objects in order to ensure access to education for all students is notable. The present work sought to bring an overview of the research on accessible learning objects for the visually impaired based on ...

With the development of artificial intelligence technology, users are increasingly inclined to use conversational agents (CAs) as personal assistants. Communication speed has received much attention as a key medium for content, emotion and ...

The International Telecommunication Union has estimated that more than half of the world’s population use the Internet and access the hosted websites for various purposes like business, education, and social networking. These websites need to be ...

The aim of this study was to design user-friendly off-line human–robot interactions based on a telephonic conversation database (TCD), and to provide the elderly living alone independently (ELAI) with psychological support. A TCD was established ...