Colorblindness and Your Career Dreams: Development of an Assistive Technology for Individual with Color Vision Deficiency using Daltonization Algorithm

Abstract

A website, especially a government website, is a universal address where every citizen is entitled to information access and retrieval. Environment for information retrieval such as government e-services caters to a wide range of audiences that could be of great value for everyone accessing it. However, while e-services became very used for every individual, there are still barriers to information for persons with a disability, although it is mandatory to have equal access [1]. Equality to information access is supported by the standards of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 with the help of W3C organization disseminating information that covers recommendations for making the web content more accessible for PWDs. This study aims to present the processes of creating assistive technology for Philippine government websites specifically for users with color vision deficiency to help these individuals richly access e-services of the Philippine government. This paper also presents essential issues that persons with CVD are dealing with how it could affect in choosing and pursuing their dream career. The assistive technology was developed using JavaScript presented in the form of a plugin with applied daltonization algorithm to determine different types of colorblindness [2]. It gives a real-time assessment of the user's visual status in terms of colorblindness by adjusting the color of the website automatically. This paper concludes by suggesting the use of the developed assistive technology, given that the Philippine government can extend help to color deficient people while letting everyone use its website with special assistance.