Literature Reviews

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

• How the Alt Text Gets Made: What Roles and Processes of Alt Text Creation Can Teach Us About Inclusive Imagery

  Emory James Edwards, Kyle Lewis Polster, Isabel Tuason, Emily Blank, Michael Gilbert, Stacy Branham (2023) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This paper investigates how alternative text is created in industry settings through a collaboration between UC Irvine researchers and Google's Avatar Project, an initiative to create inclusive stickers depicting people with disabilities. The researc…

  • alt text
  • image accessibility
  • inclusive imagery
  • disability representation
  • organizational practices
  • UX design
  • qualitative research