2. VISUAL Objectives
To increase the accessibility and usability of Web pages, and in particular, e-learning materials on the World Wide Web, for visually impaired users through the use of voice interaction.
2. To develop an accessible Web authoring tool which will both be accessible to visually impaired Web developers and produce Web pages which are fully accessible. This will also be achieved through the use of voice interaction.
3. To demonstrate the utility and usability of voice interaction by developing an e-learning web portal for visually impaired students which uses voice interaction.

3. VISUAL Work Plan WP1: User Requirements. WP2: Plug-in Integration.
WP3: Tool Development.
WP4: Learning Portal.
WP5: Evaluation.
WP6: Dissemination, standardisation & exploitation.
WP7: Co-ordination.

4. VISUAL Tool Description
Creation of accessible web pages ensuring the fulfilment of the WAI guidelines
It will include voice synthesis and recognition in the web pages
Voice interaction between user and the tool
Functionality:
HTML edition/validation
CSS edition/validation
Grammar edition
VoiceXML file edition
Accessibility validation
Aspect customization
Descripción de las principales funciones y características de la herramienta VISUAL.

5. Commitment
to knowledge
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