Literature Reviews

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

• An Exploratory Investigation of Handheld Computer Interaction for Older Adults with Visual Impairments

  V. Kathlene Leonard, Julie A. Jacko, Joseph J. Pizzimenti (2005) — Proceedings of the 7th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '05)

  This study investigates factors affecting handheld computer interaction for older adults with Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD), extending prior desktop-focused HCI research to small-screen mobile devices. Thirteen participants with AMD and visu…

  • macular degeneration
  • older adults
  • handheld computers
  • mobile computing
  • visual impairment
  • auditory feedback
  • drag and drop
  • icon design
  • GUI accessibility

• Building Keyboard Accessible Drag and Drop

  Rucha Somani, Jiahang Xin, Bijay Bhaskar Deo, Yun Huang (2014) — Proceedings of the 16th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This demo paper presents an API that enables web developers to create keyboard-accessible drag and drop (DnD) components for web applications, particularly e-learning systems. Drag and drop interactions are widely used in educational websites for cla…

  • keyboard accessibility
  • drag and drop
  • web accessibility
  • e-learning
  • screen readers
  • web development
  • ARIA