Verificação do nível de acessibilidade de ferramentas para desenvolvimento de software por um desenvolvedor Baixa Visão com a ferramenta de ampliação de tela

Abstract

According to statistics from a report published in 2012 by the World Health Organization (WHO), over 1 billion people worldwide have some form of disability, with approximately 253 million having some degree of visual impairment. More recently, in 2019, the WHO released data from a new report indicating that the number of people with visual impairments has increased to 2.2 billion. In Brazil, according to the 2010 Census conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), around 46 million people declared having some degree of disability, with approximately 8.64 million being visually impaired individuals. In light of this reality, social inclusion and the continuous development of accessibility tools play a crucial role in assisting individuals facing various challenges, particularly in terms of accessing information in the digital world and entering the information technology and communication job market. Therefore, this work focuses on the native magnification tools of the Windows and Linux operating systems, with the aim of assessing the accessibility level of tools used in software development when utilizing magnification features. The software development tools used in this work are Visual Studio Code (VSCode) and Postman. A simple API was developed using the VSCode code editor, and the Postman tool was utilized to test the API. In the API development process, the accessibility level was examined by observing how the magnification tool behaved while navigating within VSCode and utilizing its features, simulating the actions of a real-world developer such as installing plugins, creating project folders, navigating the project using the “tab” key, searching for files, using the integrated terminal, and typing API code. In Postman, the assessment also involved replicating a real-world scenario where a developer needs to create collections, folders, environment variables, requests, and navigate using the “tab” key. Finally, strengths and weaknesses were identified in the magnification tools of both operating systems.