Literature Reviews

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

• Understanding Audio Production Practices of People with Vision Impairments

  Abir Saha, Anne Marie Piper (2020) — ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This paper presents the first detailed empirical study of how people with vision impairments use digital audio production tools in their personal and professional work. Through semi-structured interviews with 18 blind and visually impaired audio prof…

  • visual impairments
  • audio production
  • creative content production
  • screen readers
  • assistive technology
  • professional accessibility
  • qualitative research
  • community of practice

• Understanding Peer-to-Peer Instructional Support in an Online Community for Blind Audio Producers

  Abir Saha, Darren Gergle, Anne Marie Piper (2023) — Proceedings of the 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2023)

  This paper examines how blind and low-vision audio producers seek and provide instructional support through an online text-based Q&A mailing list community centered around using Logic Pro, a professional digital audio workstation (DAW), with the Voic…

  • screen readers
  • blind and low vision
  • audio production
  • peer support
  • online communities
  • collaborative troubleshooting
  • VoiceOver
  • digital audio workstation