Designing Heuristics for Accessible Online Text Production

Governments and public organisations provide digital services and share information on websites, so web content needs to be accessible to all citizens. Text remains the main form of providing information, and reading is the primary way to interact with digital services. However, existing guidelines...

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Published in:Scandinavian journal of information systems 2022-01, Vol.34 (1), p.5
Main Author: Juho-Pekka Mäkipää Suvi Isohella
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