Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
310 results found tagged web accessibility.
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Acrolinx: A Controlled-Language Checker Turned into an Accessibility Evaluation Tool for Image Text Alternatives
This paper presents a novel application of controlled-language checking technology to a persistent accessibility problem: evaluating the quality of image text alternatives, not just their presence. The authors observe that while most web accessibilit…
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W4A Camp Report 2014 Edition
This report summarizes the discussions from the 2014 W4A Camp, an unconference session held at the end of the W4A conference where accessibility researchers informally debated topics they considered important for the field. Chaired by Giorgio Brajnik…
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Employment in the Digital Age for People with Impairments
This position paper from Kevin Carey of the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) offers a provocative critique of existing disability employment strategies in the context of digital transformation. Carey argues that while no technological …
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Evaluating the Accessibility of the Job Search and Interview Process for People who are Blind and Visually Impaired
This study investigates the accessibility barriers that people who are blind and visually impaired encounter throughout the job search and interview process in the United States, where the unemployment rate for this population stands at approximately…
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CAN: Composable Accessibility Infrastructure via Data-Driven Crowdsourcing
This paper presents CAN (Composable Accessibility Infrastructure), a crowdsourcing platform that collects web accessibility issues from real websites and their open-source fixes, dynamically composes solutions on-the-fly, and delivers the crowdsource…
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"Old Habits Die Hard!": Eyetracking Based Experiential Transcoding: A Study with Mobile Users
This paper presents an eyetracking-based approach to experiential transcoding — the practice of reformatting web pages into more accessible forms based on understanding how users actually experience and navigate content. The authors built on their ea…
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The role of accessibility in a universal web
Written by leaders of the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), this communications paper clarifies the relationship between web accessibility and broader concepts like universal design, inclusive design, and design for all. The authors argue that …
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Towards a unified definition of web accessibility
This paper conducts a systematic conceptual analysis of 50 definitions of web accessibility drawn from books, academic papers, standards documents, guidelines, and online sources spanning 1996 to 2014, authored by researchers and practitioners from 2…
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Comparing Accessibility Evaluation Plug-ins
This paper from the University of Lisbon systematically compares eight free Chrome browser extensions for automated accessibility evaluation: Microsoft Accessibility Insights, ACCESS Assistant Community, ARC Toolkit, aXe Chrome Plugin, Lighthouse, Te…
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SoundCells: Designing a Browser-Based Music Technology for Braille and Print Notation
This paper from New York University presents SoundCells, a free, open-source, browser-based music notation tool designed to be accessible to screen reader users while outputting music in three formats simultaneously: audio playback, visual print scor…