Acessibilidade digital em projetos de extensão do Departamento de Ciência da Informação/CCSA/UFPB

Abstract

Digital accessibility is a constitutional right for People with Disabilities (PWDs). Its application and evaluation on websites and applications, especially those managed for the public good, should be a practice. This debate is relevant in the context of university extension, which works with society. The aim of this research is to diagnose the digital accessibility of Instagram posts from extension projects run by the Department of Information Science at the Federal University of Paraíba in 2024. This is an developed, exploratory and descriptive, bibliographic and documentary research, of a qualitative and quantitative nature, carried out using an intentional sample that analyzes the five projects with an Instagram profile, namely: Descomplica High School, Descomplica TCC, Document Management in School Archives, Manuscripts by José Américo de Almeida and Library Management and Organization Practices. Systematic observation with the support of Excel software and the Non-Visual Desktop Access (NVDA) manual validator were used to assess digital accessibility for blind and low-vision users. The results characterize the DCI/UFPB extension projects, the content posted on Instagram and the type of digital accessibility and suggest a proposal for digital accessibility for PCD for Instagram content from DCI/UFPB extension projects. The conclusion is that digital accessibility practices, based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) of the DCI/UFPB extension projects, need to invest in, develop and implement audio description, alternative text, subtitles and Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS).