Literature Reviews

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

• Perception and Adoption of Mobile Accessibility Features by Older Adults Experiencing Ability Changes

  Rachel L. Franz, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Yi Cheng, Leah Findlater (2019) — Proceedings of the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2019)

  This paper presents the first empirical study exploring how older adults experiencing progressive ability changes perceive and adopt built-in mobile accessibility features on smartphones and tablets. The researchers conducted interviews with 14 older…

  • aging
  • older adults
  • mobile accessibility
  • ability-based design
  • accessibility features
  • technology adoption
  • progressive disability
  • digital inclusion
  • stigma
  • touchscreen accessibility

• When Can Accessibility Help? An Exploration of Accessibility Feature Recommendation on Mobile Devices

  Jason Wu, Gabriel Reyes, Sam C. White, Xiaoyi Zhang, Jeffrey P. Bigham (2021) — Proceedings of the 18th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper tackles a significant gap in mobile accessibility: while smartphone operating systems now include dozens of built-in accessibility features — from screen readers and magnifiers to caption support and touch accommodations — most users are u…

  • mobile accessibility
  • accessibility features
  • older adults
  • recommender systems
  • feature discovery
  • aging
  • iOS accessibility
  • awareness