Literature Reviews

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

• Accessibility-Driven Information Transformations in Mixed-Visual Ability Work Teams

  Yichun Zhao, Miguel A. Nacenta, Mahadeo A. Sukhai, Sowmya Somanath (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  This paper presents a five-day diary study with follow-up interviews and two focus groups, examining how mixed-visual ability work teams perform accessibility-driven information transformations. The authors recruited 30 participants (18 BLV, 12 sight…

  • blind and low vision
  • workplace accessibility
  • mixed-ability teams
  • diary study
  • invisible work
  • information representation
  • assistive technology
  • CSCW
  • access intimacy

• An Extensible, Scalable Browser-Based Architecture for Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication and Collaboration Systems for Deaf and Hearing Individuals

  Jonathan Schull (2006) — Proceedings of the 8th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '06)

  This paper from Rochester Institute of Technology (home to the National Technical Institute of the Deaf) presents a browser-based communication platform designed to facilitate face-to-face conversation between deaf and hearing team members. Standard …

  • deaf accessibility
  • CSCW
  • real-time text
  • collaboration
  • universal design
  • web 2.0
  • communication accessibility
  • AJAX