Literature Reviews

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

3 results found tagged aural browsing.

Accessible Skimming: Faster Screen Reading of Web Pages

Faisal Ahmed (2012) — Proceedings of the 14th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2012)

This doctoral consortium paper presents an automated approach to enable non-visual skimming of web pages for screen reader users. Sighted people routinely skim web content through quick eye movements (saccades) that let them glance over headlines and…
Back Navigation Shortcuts for Screen Reader Users

Romisa Rohani Ghahari, Mexhid Ferati, Tao Yang, Davide Bolchini (2012) — Proceedings of the 14th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2012)

This paper introduces two novel back navigation strategies — topic-based back and list-based back — designed to make backtracking through previously visited web pages dramatically more efficient for screen reader users. The fundamental problem is tha…
From Screen Reading to Aural Glancing: Towards Instant Access to Key Page Sections

Prathik Gadde, Davide Bolchini (2014) — Proceedings of the 16th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility (ASSETS 2014)

This paper addresses a fundamental problem in screen reader navigation: while sighted users can glance at a web page to instantly understand its structure and locate relevant sections, screen reader users are forced to listen to content serially, mak…