Literature Reviews

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

• Demonstration: Screen Reader Support for a Complex Interactive Science Simulation

  Taliesin L. Smith, Clayton Lewis, Emily B. Moore (2016) — ASSETS '16: Proceedings of the 18th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This demonstration presents an accessible version of "Balloons and Static Electricity," a PhET interactive science simulation that teaches electrostatic charge concepts. PhET simulations are run over 75 million times annually, yet most are inaccessib…

  • screen reader
  • STEM education
  • interactive simulation
  • PhET
  • blind accessibility
  • ARIA
  • accessible description
  • science education
  • keyboard navigation