Prospective scenarios based on law projects for web accessibility in Brazil

Abstract

This paper addresses the theme of accessibility and aims to develop prospective scenarios for accessibility on the web based on the bills of the Federal Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. It presents a survey about the main accessibility laws that are in force in Brazil. For this, it was used the cross-impact matrix method of Gordon. It was necessary to carry out a survey on the current bills that are in process to support the projection of scenarios. In this way, four bills have been identified about accessibility on the web. Based on the Gordon method, it was possible to develop three scenarios: a) pessimistic - no occurrence of expected events generating the archiving or non-approval of the projects being processed; b) realistic - occurrence of the development of Digital Inclusion Centers (CID) through the approval of Law no.28, of 2011; c) optimistic - in addition to the development of the CID, it is possible to implement software programs in public libraries for the use of the visually impaired, as well as to promote accessibility to public web portals in the medium term. Thus, we can see through the proposed scenarios a panorama of what can happen without future in relation to the bills projects.