Literature Reviews

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

• The Design of Human-Powered Access Technology

  Jeffrey P. Bigham, Richard E. Ladner, Yevgen Borodin (2011) — Proceedings of the 13th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2011)

  This paper presents a comprehensive framework of 13 design dimensions for evaluating and comparing human-powered access technology — systems that use human assistance, facilitated by technology, to overcome accessibility barriers that automation alon…

  • human computation
  • crowdsourcing
  • assistive technology
  • accessibility framework
  • design principles

• A Web Design Framework for Improved Accessibility for People with Disabilities (WDFAD)

  Rehema Baguma, Jude T. Lubega (2008) — Proceedings of the 2008 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

  This paper from Makerere University in Uganda proposes WDFAD (Web Design Framework for Improved Accessibility for People with Disabilities), a developer-oriented framework that repackages web accessibility requirements according to the three componen…

  • web accessibility
  • accessibility framework
  • blind users
  • screen readers
  • web design
  • developer tools
  • non-functional requirements
  • Uganda
  • Global South accessibility

• Characterizing "Motor Ability" for Ability-Based Design

  Claire L. Mitchell, Jacob O. Wobbrock (2024) — ASSETS '24: Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper addresses a fundamental gap in ability-based design — a prominent accessibility framework proposed by Wobbrock et al. — by rigorously defining and operationalising the concept of "motor ability" that is central to the approach. Ability-bas…

  • ability-based design
  • motor ability
  • accessibility framework
  • human motor control
  • adaptive interfaces
  • interaction design
  • measurement
  • conceptual framework