Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
18 results found tagged OCR.
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Making Arabic PDF books accessible using gamification
This paper addresses the inaccessibility of Arabic PDF books for people with visual impairments, blindness, and dyslexia. Most online Arabic books are scanned images of printed originals, making them unreadable by screen readers and text-to-speech so…
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Extraction of Tabular Data from Document Images
This demonstration paper presents an open-source tool for automatically detecting and extracting tabular data from document images — both scanned and digitally created — and converting them into accessible HTML format. The work addresses a significan…
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ChattyBooks and ChattyBook Service
This demonstration paper presents ChattyBooks, a Windows application that converts STEM content in DAISY/accessible EPUB3 format into audio-embedded HTML5 with JavaScript, enabling playback in any web browser on any platform without requiring special…
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Making Memes Accessible
This paper presents two semi-automatic methods for making internet image macro memes accessible to people with vision impairments: rich alternative text descriptions and audio macro memes. Memes are a pervasive form of online communication, yet they …
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Write-it-Yourself: Empowering Blind People to Independently Fill-out Paper Forms
This demonstration paper introduces WiYG (Write-it-Yourself Guide), a system that enables blind people to independently fill out printed paper forms such as bank checks, consent forms, and restaurant receipts — a task that has until now been impossib…
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Slidecho: Flexible Non-Visual Exploration of Presentation Videos
This paper presents Slidecho, a system that makes recorded presentation videos accessible to blind and visually impaired learners by automatically extracting slide content and synchronizing it with the presenter's speech. The core problem is that mos…
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AccessMenu: Enhancing Usability of Online Restaurant Menus for Screen Reader Users
This paper addresses the significant accessibility barriers that blind and visually impaired (BVI) screen reader users face when trying to access online restaurant menus, which are typically presented as images or PDFs. The research proceeds in two p…
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VisualAid: Enhancing Accessibility for Visually Impaired Users Through AI
This technical note presents VisualAid, an AI-powered Android application designed to help visually impaired users understand and navigate their physical surroundings. The app integrates multiple AI technologies into a single mobile interface: YOLO11…