Digital Workplace Accessibility For Visually Impaired People

Due to the rapid development of modern technology, people with special needs have possibilities for equal access to their working environment. They can access computer resources freely. Nowadays they have opportunities to study, find and start work. The tools that give them these opportunities are called assistive technologies. These are various software applications or hardware devices which aim is to ensure the independence of people with disabilities by enabling people with special needs to perform various tasks that they are sometimes unable or difficult to perform. In this connection, the aim of the current article is to highlight the problems of digital accessibility in the workplace. The scope of the study narrows to the difficulties that people with visual impairments would experience in the workplace. The research objectives of the paper are: (1) Reviewing of literature on assistive technologies, including the current state of visually impaired people’s assistive software tools; (2) Proposing a workplace digital accessibility model that could be applied in any institution; (3) Summarizing the findings and proposition of further actions to reinforce the performance of digital workplaces. The opinions of social media users regarding digital accessibility in the workplace were investigated using data mining methods. The AHP method was applied for the classification of the personal workplace accessibility for visually impaired people. As a result, a theoretical model for digital accessibility in the workplace was formed, which has wide application regardless of the type of organization and the specifics of its activity.