Literature Reviews

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

• Epidemiology as a Framework for Large-Scale Mobile Application Accessibility Assessment

  Anne Spencer Ross, Xiaoyi Zhang, James Fogarty, Jacob O. Wobbrock (2017) — Proceedings of the 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This paper introduces a novel conceptual framework for understanding mobile app accessibility by drawing an extended metaphor from epidemiology — the study of disease patterns, causes, and effects in populations. The core insight is that app accessib…

  • mobile accessibility
  • accessibility testing
  • automated testing
  • Android
  • accessibility frameworks
  • population-level analysis
  • accessibility barriers
  • app accessibility

• The State of Accessibility in Blackboard: Survey and User Reviews Case Study

  Wajdi Aljedaani, Mohammed Alkahtani, Stephanie Ludi, Mohamed Wiem Mkaouer, Marcelo M. Eler, Marouane Kessentini, Ali Ouni (2023) — Proceedings of the 20th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper investigates the accessibility of the Blackboard mobile app, one of the most widely used Learning Management Systems (LMS) in higher education, through a two-pronged methodology. First, the authors conducted a large-scale survey with 1,308…

  • mobile accessibility
  • learning management systems
  • deaf and hard of hearing
  • education accessibility
  • user reviews
  • app accessibility