Literature Reviews

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

• What is Wrong with This Word? Dyseggxia: A Game for Children with Dyslexia

  Luz Rello, Clara Bayarri, Azuki Gorriz (2012) — Proceedings of the 14th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2012)

  This demonstration paper presents Dyseggxia, a free mobile game application for iOS and Android that provides word exercises designed specifically for Spanish-speaking children with dyslexia. The game's content design is grounded in two empirical fou…

  • dyslexia
  • serious games
  • educational technology
  • Spanish language
  • reading accessibility
  • cognitive accessibility
  • mobile application
  • iOS
  • Android
  • spelling
  • children

• A plug-in to aid online reading in Spanish

  Luz Rello, Roberto Carlini, Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Jeffrey P. Bigham (2015) — Proceedings of the 12th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper presents CASSA, a free Chrome browser plug-in designed to help people read Spanish text on the web by providing simpler synonyms and definitions on demand for complex words. The tool builds on the CASSA (Context Aware Synonym Simplificatio…

  • text simplification
  • lexical simplification
  • dyslexia
  • cognitive accessibility
  • readability
  • browser extension
  • assistive technology
  • Spanish language

• The story behind Dytective: how we brought research results on dyslexia and accessibility to Spanish public schools

  Luz Rello (2022) — Proceedings of the 19th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This invited talk paper presents the decade-long research and entrepreneurial journey behind Dytective, a platform that combines machine learning and gamified exercises to detect risk of dyslexia and provide personalized interventions. Dyslexia affec…

  • dyslexia
  • machine learning
  • screening
  • serious games
  • social entrepreneurship
  • reading accessibility
  • education
  • Spanish language