Evaluation of the web accessibility of science, technology and innovation entities in Cuba
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The purpose of this work is to evaluate the web accessibility of the science, technology and innovation Entities (ECTI) of Cuba, based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), in its version 2.1, from a methodology that combines automatic evaluation, through the use of the TAW and AChecker validators, with a manual evaluation, which was carried out through the Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool extension. The results obtained show that, of the 92 entities evaluated, the vast majority (79) have a poor accessibility level, while another 3 have very poor accessibility. Only 10 reach a moderate level. It is concluded that all the evaluated webpages present difficulties in accessing digital information for people with disabilities, among other types of users, since none of them reaches a 100% accessibility level. It is suggested that the relevant modifications be made in accordance with the proposed measures, in order to resolve the problems that hinder access to the main page of these organizations, and that periodic checks be carried out with the tools used in this study or with others that allow it.
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