Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
310 results found tagged web accessibility.
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Exploratory Analysis of Collaborative Web Accessibility Improvement
This paper presents a detailed analysis of the Social Accessibility Project, an experimental crowdsourced service from IBM Research-Tokyo that enables volunteers to fix web accessibility problems without requiring site owners to modify their pages. L…
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Identifying Behavioral Strategies of Visually Impaired Users to Improve Access to Web Content
This paper presents a methodology for identifying how visually impaired screen reader users develop coping strategies when encountering inaccessible web content, then uses those strategies to inform the design of transcoding solutions. The researcher…
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Evaluation of Haptic HTML Mappings Derived from a Novel Methodology
This paper presents a comprehensive evaluation of haptic HTML mappings designed to help blind users navigate web pages using a Logitech Wingman force-feedback mouse. The research builds on a novel five-step participatory design methodology that activ…
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Customizable Tabular Access to Web Data Records for Convenient Low-vision Screen Magnifier Interaction
This paper introduces TableView+, a browser extension designed to address the significant challenges low-vision screen magnifier users face when browsing websites containing web data records—structured listings such as product catalogs, job postings,…
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"Every Website Is a Puzzle!": Facilitating Access to Common Website Features for People with Visual Impairments
This paper addresses a fundamental challenge for screen reader users: while sighted users can rely on visual conventions to find common website features (log in at top right, contact at bottom), these shortcuts are inaccessible to users with visual i…
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The Accessibility of Data Visualizations on the Web for Screen Reader Users: Practices and Experiences During COVID-19
This comprehensive mixed-methods study examines data visualization accessibility through three complementary investigations: an accessibility audit of 87 COVID-19 visualizations, an online survey of 127 screen reader users, and contextual inquiry wit…
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Invisible, Unreadable, and Inaudible Cookie Notices: An Evaluation of Cookie Notices for Users with Visual Impairments
This study investigates the accessibility of cookie notices for users with visual impairments (VI), combining automated testing of 46 top UK websites with a user study of 100 participants who use assistive technology. The researchers employed multipl…
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Accessible Web Design for Older Adults: Challenges and Solutions
This systematic literature review analyzes 4,052 articles published between 2014 and 2023 to comprehensively map the challenges older adults face online and the solutions proposed to address them. Using the PRISMA methodology and PICO framework, the …
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Haptic Gloves Prototype for Audio-Tactile Web Browsing
This paper presents preliminary work on FeelX, a haptic gloves system designed to enable blind users to explore web page layouts through touch. The research addresses a fundamental limitation of screen readers: they present web content serially, crea…
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Evaluating Alternatives for Better Deaf Accessibility to Selected Web-Based Multimedia
This research addresses the accessibility gap created by the proliferation of uncaptioned video content online—a particular problem for deaf adults who use American Sign Language as their primary language and view English as a second language. While …