Literature Reviews

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

• Data Sonification for Screen-Reader Users: When and When Not to Use

  Ather Sharif, Neha Aitharaju, Srihari Krishnaswamy, Jacob Wobbrock (2025) — Proceedings of the 22nd International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper from the University of Washington assesses when data sonification — non-speech audio representations of data visualizations — is and is not beneficial for screen-reader users. Despite sonification dating back to 1974 and growing adoption i…

  • sonification
  • data visualization
  • screen readers
  • blindness
  • visual impairment
  • audio graphs
  • web accessibility