Global Mobile App Accessibility: A Comparative Study of WCAG Compliance Across 12 Countries
Wahid bin Ahsan,
Imran Hossain,
Habibur Rahman
et al.
Abstract:This study assesses the accessibility of mobile applications across twelve countries, including the USA, Vietnam, Turkey, Ireland, and South Korea. Our evaluation of 60 popular apps reveals a widespread failure to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), with Vietnam exhibiting the highest average of 41.2 violations per app. These violations were particularly prevalent in essential areas such as touch target size and color contrast, critical for users with visual and motor impairments. Despite rob… Show more
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