Literature Reviews

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

• Programmers Who Use Screen Readers in the Vibe Coding Era: Adaptation, Empowerment, and New Accessibility Landscape

  Nan Chen, Luna K. Qiu, Arran Zeyu Wang, Zilong Wang, Yuqing Yang (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  This two-week, three-phase longitudinal study investigates how 16 blind and low-vision (BLV) programmers who rely on screen readers engage with advanced AI code assistants, specifically GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code. The study was motivated by…

  • screen readers
  • blind and low vision
  • AI code assistants
  • GitHub Copilot
  • vibe coding
  • generative AI
  • human-AI interaction
  • developer tools
  • programming accessibility