Literature Reviews

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

• SourceProbe: web accessibility remediation framework

  Shunguo Yan (2010) — Proceedings of the 2010 International Cross Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

  This short paper from IBM's Human Ability and Accessibility Center describes the architecture of SourceProbe, a Web Accessibility Remediation Framework designed to automate the four phases of accessibility remediation: validation, source identificati…

  • accessibility remediation
  • automated testing
  • source identification
  • server-side accessibility
  • development tools
  • accessibility workflow

• CAN: Composable Accessibility Infrastructure via Data-Driven Crowdsourcing

  Yun Huang, Brian Dobreski, Bijay Bhaskar Deo, Jiahang Xin, Natã Miccael Barbosa, Yang Wang, Jeffrey P. Bigham (2015) — Proceedings of the 12th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper presents CAN (Composable Accessibility Infrastructure), a crowdsourcing platform that collects web accessibility issues from real websites and their open-source fixes, dynamically composes solutions on-the-fly, and delivers the crowdsource…

  • crowdsourcing
  • web accessibility
  • accessibility education
  • automated testing
  • screen readers
  • accessibility remediation
  • developer tools
  • WCAG

• Comparative Analysis of Web Accessibility Standards and Regulations

  Shantanu D. Ladkat (2019) — Proceedings of the 16th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This doctoral consortium paper proposes a comparative analysis of web accessibility standards and regulations across different regions and organizations. The author identifies a practical problem facing the accessibility industry: there is no systema…

  • accessibility standards
  • WCAG
  • Section 508
  • accessibility compliance
  • accessibility policy
  • project management
  • accessibility remediation

• LLMs for Accessibility in Mobile Apps: Detection and Repair

  Wajdi Aljedaani, Ahmed Aljohani, Marcelo M. Eler, Abdulrahman Habib, Hyunsook Do (2025) — Proceedings of the 22nd International Web for All Conference (W4A 2025)

  This study evaluates the capacity of three large language models—GPT-4o, Gemini 1.0 Pro, and Llama 3—to detect, classify, and remediate accessibility violations in Android mobile applications. While prior LLM accessibility research has focused primar…

  • mobile accessibility
  • large language models
  • Android accessibility
  • automated accessibility testing
  • accessibility remediation
  • code generation