Literature Reviews

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

• End-to-End Solution for Accessible Chemical Diagrams

  Volker Sorge, Mark Lee, Sandy Wilkinson (2015) — Proceedings of the 12th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper presents a complete pipeline for making chemical diagrams — typically distributed as inaccessible bitmap images — fully accessible on the web. The system takes bitmap images of molecular diagrams as input and produces interactive, explorab…

  • STEM accessibility
  • image accessibility
  • visual impairment
  • screen readers
  • SVG
  • WAI-ARIA
  • chemistry
  • education
  • image recognition
  • low vision
  • diagram accessibility

• AutoChemplete - Making Chemical Structural Formulas Accessible

  Merlin Knaeble, Gabriel Sailer, Zihan Chen, Thorsten Schwarz, Kailun Yang, Mario Nadj, Rainer Stiefelhagen, Alexander Maedche (2023) — Proceedings of the 20th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper presents AutoChemplete, an interactive labeling tool that makes chemical structural formulas accessible to blind and low-vision (BLV) students. Chemical structural formulas — visual diagrams showing atoms, bonds, and molecular geometry — a…

  • STEM accessibility
  • blind and low vision
  • chemistry
  • machine learning
  • interactive labeling
  • document accessibility
  • alt text
  • tactile graphics