Literature Reviews

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

• Lessons from Developing Audio HTML Interfaces

  Frankie James (1998) — Proceedings of the Third International ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies (Assets '98)

  This paper presents the AHA (Audio HTML Access) framework, a set of principles for choosing sounds to use in audio-based HTML interfaces designed for blind and visually impaired users. The research builds on earlier work at Stanford University explor…

  • audio interfaces
  • non-visual web access
  • sonification
  • speech synthesis
  • blind users
  • auditory display
  • HTML accessibility
  • sound design

• Usability of a multimodal videogame to improve navigation skills for blind children

  Jaime Sánchez, Mauricio Sáenz, Miguel Ripoll (2009) — Proceedings of the 11th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '09)

  This paper presents a usability evaluation of two complementary tools designed to help blind school-aged children develop orientation and mobility (O&M) skills in closed, unfamiliar spaces. The first tool is the Digital Clock Carpet (DCC), a custom-b…

  • blind children
  • orientation and mobility
  • haptic interfaces
  • audio interfaces
  • virtual environments
  • navigation
  • usability evaluation
  • assistive gaming