Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
6 results found tagged accessible programming.
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Does a Sonar System Make a Blind Maze Navigation Computer Game More "Fun"?
This student research paper from the Blind Programming Project at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville presents "The Dark Labyrinth," a zombie-killing maze navigation game designed entirely for blind players. The broader project goal is to creat…
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Tracking @stemxcomet: Teaching Programming to Blind Students via 3D Printing, Crisis Management, and Twitter
This paper describes the design and execution of a four-day programming workshop for blind and visually impaired high school students, conducted as part of the National Federation of the Blind's STEM-X summer science camp. Nine students (grades 8-12)…
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Web Development Training for Students That Are Blind
This doctoral consortium paper outlines a mixed-methods dissertation research plan for developing and evaluating a 10-day web development course specifically designed for students who are blind or have low vision. The author contextualizes the work w…
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Blind Web Development Training at Oysters and Pearls Technology Camp in Uganda
This paper describes the development and delivery of a 7-day web development course for 13 blind and low-vision students (ages 18-35, average 24) at the Oysters and Pearls Technology Camp in Gulu, northern Uganda. None of the students had prior exper…
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How Teachers of the Visually Impaired Compensate with the Absence of Accessible Block-Based Languages
This paper reports on an interview study with twelve teachers of K-12 students with visual impairments (TVIs) across the United States, investigating how they navigate the lack of fully accessible block-based programming environments. Block-based pro…
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A11yShape: AI-Assisted Accessible 3-D Modeling for Blind and Low-Vision Programmers
This paper presents A11yShape, a novel system that makes 3-D modeling accessible to blind and low-vision (BLV) programmers through code-based modeling with AI assistance. The system integrates with OpenSCAD, a programmatic 3-D modeling environment wh…