Análise da acessibilidade dos sites das prefeituras dos municípios do Corede Noroeste Colonial

Abstract

The use of the Internet as a means of inclusion of people with disabilities should be promoted, encouraged and strengthened through the availability of information in a format accessible to assistive technologies. The present research address the accessibility issues of the municipalities that make up COREDE Noroeste Colonial in Rio Grande do Sul, in order to identify which of these prefectures have websites accessible to people with disabilities, following the Accessibility Model in the Electronic Government -MAG). In order to evaluate accessibility, two different kinds of evaluations methods were used: a mechanical evaluation was used, using the Site Accessibility Simulator and Evaluator (ASES), and manual evaluation of shortcuts to access the main content of the page, the main menu and internal search of the sites. This paper presents a brief theoretical reference on accessibility, access to information and software used in the study (ASES). The result indicates that the most accessible sites among the Prefectures surveyed are from Ajuricaba, Augusto Pestana and Pejuçara and the least accessible are from the pref ectures of Panambi, Coronel Barros, Nova Ramada and Bozano. However, in spite of the better performance of some sites, in general, there is still a lot to be adapted to the accessibility in the sites of these prefectures and it is suggested a study with the accomplishment of manual evaluation and later presentation of the results to the municipal managers.