Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
20 results found tagged mathematical accessibility.
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Automated tactile graphics translation: in the field
This paper describes two years of field work extending the Tactile Graphics Assistant (TGA), a system developed at the University of Washington to automate the translation of figures from mathematics, science, and engineering (STEM) textbooks into em…
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MathPlayer V2.1: Web-based Math Accessibility
This paper describes MathPlayer v2.1, a plug-in developed by Design Science, Inc. that renders MathML visually in Microsoft Internet Explorer and Adobe Acrobat/Reader while providing extensive accessibility features for people with print disabilities…
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MathPlayer: Web-Based Math Accessibility
This poster paper presents MathPlayer, a free plug-in for Microsoft Internet Explorer developed by Design Science Inc. that renders MathML (Mathematical Markup Language) visually in web pages and makes mathematical expressions accessible to people wi…
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Graphical Arithmetic for Learners with Dyscalculia
This paper proposes a graphical model for arithmetic designed to complement symbolic mathematical notation and support conceptual understanding for learners with dyscalculia. The model represents numbers using adjacent groups of colored squares on a …
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Memory Enhancement through Audio
This paper presents AudioMemory, a virtual environment based on audio designed to develop and enhance short-term memory in blind children, along with AudioMath, an extension that applies the same model to mathematics learning. Developed at the Univer…
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UMA: A System for Universal Mathematics Accessibility
This paper presents the Universal Mathematics Accessibility (UMA) system, a multi-institution collaboration to make mathematical content interoperable between the notation systems used by blind and sighted individuals. The fundamental problem is that…
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The Audio Abacus: Representing Numerical Values with Nonspeech Sound for the Visually Impaired
This paper introduces the Audio Abacus, a novel sonification application that transforms exact numerical values into sequences of non-speech tones, following the analogy of a physical abacus where each digit is represented by a distinct sound. Unlike…
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Reading and Writing Mathematics: The MAVIS Project
This paper from New Mexico State University presents the MAVIS (Mathematics Accessible to Visually Impaired Students) project, an NSF-funded effort to develop comprehensive tools for bidirectional communication of mathematics between blind students a…
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An Approach to the Evaluation of Assistive Technology
This University of York paper addresses a fundamental challenge in assistive technology research: the difficulty of conducting rigorous evaluations using conventional controlled testing paradigms. The authors identify several obstacles specific to as…
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Evaluating Prosodic Cues as a Means to Disambiguate Algebraic Expressions: An Empirical Study
This paper investigates whether inserting pauses into text-to-speech renderings of mathematical expressions can help listeners distinguish between structurally different but verbally similar algebraic expressions. The core problem is that written mat…