Accessibility of Multilingual University Webpages in Europe and South America: A Focus on Easy Language and the WCAG Understandable Principle

Diplôme Master Accessibility of Multilingual University Webpages in Europe and South America: A Focus on Easy Language and the WCAG Understandable Principle eng 2026 author Garcia Yucailla Heidi Dayana 936641 director Morado Vazquez Lucia 0000-0002-0834-0734 792640 Département de traitement informatique multilingue (TINFM) <p>This study examines the accessibility of multilingual university websites in Europe and South America, focusing on Easy Language recommendations and the Understandable principle of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0). Thirty-eight universities from eight countries were analyzed: Spain, the United Kingdom, France, and Switzerland in Europe, and Peru, Uruguay, Argentina, and Chile in South America. A Web Accessibility Evaluation Grid (WAEG) with 50 criteria was developed, equally divided between language use and content presentation. Each criterion was assessed on university homepages using four levels: compliant, partially compliant, non-compliant, and not applicable. Accessibility percentages were calculated using a defined formula. The study combined expert evaluation with automated evaluation using ChatGPT to compare both approaches. Results show moderate accessibility levels in both regions, with similar outcomes across languages and continents. Automated evaluation tended to overestimate compliance, highlighting the need for clearer criteria, combined methods, and greater user involvement.</p> Web Accessibility Multilingual Websites WCAG 2.0 Understandable Principle Easy Language University Websites Expert Evaluation Automated Evaluation Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Dewey 410.2 Maîtrise universitaire en technologies de la traduction et de la communication 112 Département de traitement informatique multilingue 92 false 03402bf2-4f17-4657-ab21-98e7a9eb7713 Master thesis Restricted HeidiGarciaYucailla_tesina_final.pdf 7443139 application/pdf 2f4d9cc9abf1e3d7c01c34367c590d258487f810aa08511df9af42649323c34e restrictedAccess Faculté de traduction et d'interprétation / Département de traitement informatique multilingue

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Garcia Yucailla, Heidi Dayana

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