Literature Reviews

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

• DarkReader: Bridging the Gap Between Perception and Reality of Power Consumption in Smartphones for Blind Users

  Jian Xu, Syed Masum Billah, Roy Shilkrot, Aruna Balasubramanian (2019) — Proceedings of the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2019)

  This paper presents DarkReader, a modified Android screen reader that truly turns off the smartphone screen while preserving full touchscreen interaction for blind users, saving 24-52% of power compared to the default TalkBack screen reader. The work…

  • blind
  • screen readers
  • TalkBack
  • VoiceOver
  • Android
  • power consumption
  • battery life
  • privacy
  • mobile accessibility
  • shoulder surfing

• Personalized and Accessible TV Interaction for People with Visual Impairments

  Daniel Costa, Carlos Duarte (2019) — Proceedings of the 16th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper presents the design and implementation of a system that makes Connected TV applications accessible to people with visual impairments by using a smartphone as an accessible second-screen controller. Connected TVs and set-top boxes now offer…

  • visual impairment
  • connected TV
  • personalization
  • adaptive interface
  • multimodal interaction
  • speech synthesis
  • TalkBack
  • second screen
  • audio description
  • interaction logging

• Developing Accessible Mobile Applications with Cross-Platform Development Frameworks

  Sergio Mascetti, Mattia Ducci, Niccolò Cantù, Paolo Pecis, Dragan Ahmetovic (2021) — Proceedings of the 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This experience report from the EveryWare Lab at the University of Milan systematically analyzes how well cross-platform development frameworks (CPDFs) support screen reader accessibility APIs compared to native iOS and Android development. The team,…

  • mobile accessibility
  • cross-platform development
  • screen readers
  • React Native
  • Xamarin
  • accessibility API
  • mobile development
  • VoiceOver
  • TalkBack