Literature Reviews

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

• Video Conferencing Tools: Comparative Study of the Experiences of Screen Reader Users and the Development of More Inclusive Design Guidelines

  Barbara Leporini, Marina Buzzi, Marion Hersh (2023) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This comprehensive study investigates the accessibility and usability of three major video conferencing platforms—Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams—for blind and visually impaired people using screen readers. Conducted during the COVID-19 pandem…

  • video conferencing
  • screen readers
  • blind users
  • Zoom
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Google Meet
  • remote work
  • COVID-19
  • usability

• Improving the Accessibility of Screen-Shared Presentations by Enabling Concurrent Exploration

  Danyang Fan, Sasa Junuzovic, John Tang, Thomas Jaeger (2023) — Proceedings of the 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This paper addresses a fundamental gap in remote meeting accessibility: when presenters screen-share slides during video calls, blind and low vision (BLV) screen reader users have no adequate way to independently explore slide content in real-time. W…

  • screen reader
  • blindness
  • presentations
  • screen sharing
  • spatial audio
  • cognitive load
  • videoconferencing
  • concurrent exploration
  • Microsoft Teams