Literature Reviews

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

• A Three-Countries Case Study of Older People's Browsing

  Prush Sa-nga-ngam, Sri Kurniawan (2006) — Proceedings of the 8th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '06)

  This short paper from the University of Manchester presents survey data on web browsing activities from 63 respondents aged 55 and over across three countries: 10 from Thailand, 40 from the UK, and 13 from the USA. The questionnaire, distributed duri…

  • older adults
  • web browsing
  • age-friendly design
  • cross-cultural
  • digital divide
  • browser accessibility
  • usability

• The effect of typeface and font size on reading text on a tablet computer for older and younger people

  Maneerut Chatrangsan, Helen Petrie (2019) — Proceedings of the 16th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This study investigated how typeface (serif vs. sans serif) and font size (14, 16, and 18 point) affect reading performance and preferences on tablet computers for younger and older people. The research was conducted cross-culturally in both Thailand…

  • readability
  • typography
  • font size
  • older adults
  • aging
  • tablet computers
  • cross-cultural
  • visual accessibility
  • text presentation