Literature Reviews

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

3 results found tagged GitHub Copilot.

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…
CodeA11y: Making AI Coding Assistants Useful for Accessible Web Development

Peya Mowar, Yi-Hao Peng, Jason Wu, Aaron Steinfeld, Jeffrey P. Bigham (2025) — Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '25)

This paper addresses a persistent problem: despite decades of accessibility standards and tools, ~96% of web pages contain accessibility violations. The authors argue that AI coding assistants like GitHub Copilot represent an untapped opportunity bec…
Accessibility in AI-Assisted Web Development

Peya Mowar (2024) — Proceedings of the 21st International Web for All Conference (W4A)

This extended abstract from a CMU doctoral student examines whether AI code generation tools—specifically GitHub Copilot—help or hinder web accessibility when used by developers. The research is motivated by a persistent problem: despite decades of a…