Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
310 results found tagged web accessibility.
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Accessibility in Non-Professional Web Authoring Tools: A Missed Web 2.0 Opportunity?
This paper from the University of York evaluates the accessibility of Apple's iWeb, a non-professional web authoring tool representative of a new generation of Web 2.0 design applications aimed at non-technical users creating personal websites, blogs…
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AxsJAX: A Talking Translation Bot Using Google IM: Bringing Web-2.0 Applications to Life
This paper from Google describes how the AxsJAX framework uses WAI-ARIA live regions to make Google Talk — an instant messaging client integrated into GMail — fully accessible to screen reader and self-voicing browser users, and demonstrates a compel…
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Towards Bridging the Accessibility Needs of People with Disabilities and the Ageing Community
This keynote paper introduces the WAI-AGE (Web Accessibility Initiative: Ageing Education and Harmonisation) project, a 36-month W3C/WAI initiative funded by the European Commission under its 6th Framework Programme. The project aimed to bridge the g…
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Thailand's National Digital Divide Strategic Framework
This paper presents Thailand's Digital Divide Strategic Framework (2008-2010), a national plan developed by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology to address ICT accessibility for three target populations: the poor, people with disa…
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Accessible Blog Posts with Windows Live Writer
This short paper from Microsoft describes how Windows Live Writer, a desktop blogging application installed on over 20 million machines with approximately 100,000 daily active users, was designed to produce accessible HTML output without requiring au…
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The SADIe Transcoding Platform
This short paper presents the SADIe (Structural-Semantics for Accessibility and Device Independence) transcoding platform, developed at the University of Manchester. SADIe addresses a fundamental challenge for visually impaired screen reader users: w…
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Grouping Hyperlinks for Improved Voice/Mobile Accessibility
This paper from UNSW Sydney proposes an automatic technique for clustering a web page's hyperlinks into topical groups to help blind screen reader users and mobile device users locate desired links more quickly. The core problem is that sighted users…
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The Accessibility Kit for SharePoint: A Community-Based Approach to Web Accessibility
This paper describes the Accessibility Kit for SharePoint (AKS), an open-source add-on developed by HiSoftware in collaboration with Microsoft to bring WCAG 1.0 AA conformance to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS). SharePoint was at the t…
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Combining SADIe and AxsJAX to Improve the Accessibility of Web Content
This paper from the University of Manchester presents a prototype system that combines two accessibility approaches — SADIe and Google's AxsJAX framework — to improve web content access for visually impaired screen reader users. SADIe (Semantic Annot…
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Accessibility Perspectives on Enabling South African Sign Language in the South African National Accessibility Portal
This paper investigates the feasibility and effectiveness of embedding animated South African Sign Language (SASL) content into the South African National Accessibility Portal (NAP), a government-backed information sharing platform for the disability…