Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• A Proposal to Adapt the Semiotic Inspection Method to Analyze Screen Reader Mediated Interaction

  Lucas Pedroso Carvalho, Raquel Oliveira Prates, André Pimenta Freire (2019) — Proceedings of the 18th Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems (IHC 2019)

  This paper proposes SIM-SR (Semiotic Inspection Method for Screen Reader mediated interaction), an adaptation of the Semiotic Inspection Method (SIM) from Semiotic Engineering theory to evaluate how screen readers mediate the communication between de…

  • semiotic engineering
  • screen readers
  • communicability
  • blind users
  • low vision
  • accessibility evaluation
  • metamessage
  • JAWS
  • Moodle

• A4U - An Approach to Evaluation Considering Accessibility and Usability Guidelines

  Leandro Agostini do Amaral, Renata Pontin de Mattos Fortes, Thiago Jabur Bittar (2018) — Proceedings of the 24th Brazilian Symposium on Multimedia and the Web (WebMedia 2018)

  This short paper presents A4U (Ambiente de Analise de Avaliacoes de Acessibilidade e Usabilidade), a web-based environment that integrates accessibility and usability evaluation into a single workflow. The authors argue that the relationship between …

  • accessibility testing
  • usability testing
  • integrated evaluation
  • WCAG
  • HHS guidelines
  • web evaluation tools
  • semi-automatic testing

• Adult Autism Research Priorities and Conceptualization in Computing Research: Invitation to Co-lead with Autistic Adults

  Dafne Zuleima Morgado Ramirez, Giulia Barbareschi, Cathy Holloway (2024) — ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction

  This extensive literature review critically examines computing research involving autistic adults, analyzing 44 papers from the ACM Guide to Computing Literature published between 2007 and 2022. The work is distinctive in that the first author is aut…

  • autism
  • neurodiversity
  • adult autism
  • research priorities
  • disability models
  • double empathy problem
  • participatory research
  • ableism
  • critical disability studies
  • identity-first language

• WebAnywhere: A Screen Reader On-the-Go

  Jeffrey P. Bigham, Craig M. Prince, Richard E. Ladner (2008) — Proceedings of the 2008 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A 2008)

  This paper introduces WebAnywhere, a web-based, self-voicing screen reader that enables blind users to access the web from virtually any computer with an Internet connection and sound output, without installing any software. The system addresses a fu…

  • screen readers
  • blind users
  • assistive technology
  • web-based
  • text-to-speech
  • public access
  • low cost
  • user study

• The Impact of Accessibility Assessment in Macro Scale Universal Usability Studies of the Web

  Rui Lopes, Luís Carriço (2008) — Proceedings of the 2008 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A 2008)

  This paper introduces Web Interaction Environments (WIEs), a modelling framework for studying universal usability of the web at large scale. The authors argue that existing approaches to accessibility evaluation treat audiences as homogeneous groups,…

  • universal usability
  • audience modelling
  • web accessibility
  • WCAG evaluation
  • Wikipedia
  • large-scale study
  • ontology
  • accessibility metrics

• A Web Compliance Engineering Framework to Support the Development of Accessible Rich Internet Applications

  Carlos A Velasco, Dimitar Denev, Dirk Stegemann, Yehya Mohamad (2008) — Proceedings of the 2008 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A 2008)

  This paper from Fraunhofer Institute introduces Web Compliance Engineering as a new discipline within Web Engineering, and presents a software framework (imergo) designed to support accessibility compliance for Rich Internet Applications. The authors…

  • web compliance engineering
  • rich internet applications
  • accessibility testing
  • semantic web
  • EARL
  • software engineering
  • quality assurance
  • automated testing

• Enabling an Accessible Web 2.0

  Becky Gibson (2007) — Proceedings of the 2007 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A 2007)

  This keynote paper from IBM's Becky Gibson examines the accessibility challenges created by the emergence of Web 2.0 and the technologies being developed to address them. Written at a pivotal moment in web history, the paper describes how the shift f…

  • ARIA
  • Web 2.0
  • JavaScript
  • DHTML
  • accessibility APIs
  • keyboard navigation
  • screen readers
  • toolkits
  • dynamic content

• Exploring Accessibility of Mobile Applications Through User Feedback: Insights from App Reviews in a Systematic Literature Review

  Alberto Dumont Alves Oliveira, Marcelo Medeiros Eler (2024) — Proceedings of the XXIII Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems (IHC 2024)

  This systematic literature review examines how user reviews from app stores have been used to study the accessibility of mobile applications. The authors searched five major academic databases (ACM, IEEE, ScienceDirect, Scopus, and Web of Science) an…

  • mobile accessibility
  • app reviews
  • user feedback
  • systematic literature review
  • user reviews
  • Android
  • machine learning
  • accessibility barriers

• Leveraging Rich Accessible Documents on the Web

  Rui Lopes, Luís Carriço (2007) — Proceedings of the 2007 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

  This paper by Lopes and Carriço from the University of Lisbon presents a framework for producing rich accessible documents on the web that goes beyond the common approach of providing simplified alternate versions for disabled users. The authors argu…

  • document accessibility
  • content adaptation
  • user modeling
  • profile modeling
  • multimodal interaction
  • mobile accessibility
  • document production

• Web 2.0: Hype or Happiness?

  Mary Zajicek (2007) — Proceedings of the 2007 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

  This keynote paper by Mary Zajicek of Oxford Brookes University takes a deliberately broad, holistic view of Web 2.0 accessibility, arguing that physical access to web content is only the starting point. Zajicek defines accessibility along three dime…

  • Web 2.0
  • digital inclusion
  • older adults
  • visual impairment
  • digital divide
  • social accessibility
  • community
  • developing world
  • deafblindness