Literature Reviews

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

• Measuring Text Comprehension for People with Reading Difficulties Using a Mobile Application

  Andreas Säuberli (2021) — Proceedings of the 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This extended abstract presents a mobile touchscreen application designed to measure text comprehension for people with reading difficulties, specifically targeting users of Easy Language — simplified text used to make information accessible to peopl…

  • readability
  • intellectual disability
  • easy language
  • reading accessibility
  • cognitive accessibility
  • mobile application
  • comprehension assessment

• A Review of 25 Years of Human-Computer Interaction Research on Reading Support Technologies for People with Disabilities Published in the ACM Digital Library

  Oliver Alonzo, Saad Hassan (2025) — ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This systematic literature review analyzes 101 HCI publications from ACM venues spanning 2000 to 2024 that focus on reading support technologies for people with disabilities. The authors developed a comprehensive coding rubric covering publication me…

  • systematic literature review
  • reading support
  • reading disability
  • dyslexia
  • blind or low vision
  • deaf or hard of hearing
  • intellectual disability
  • cognitive disability
  • text simplification
  • readability
  • reading comprehension
  • braille literacy
  • assistive technology
  • web accessibility