Literature Reviews

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

• WordMelodies: Supporting the Acquisition of Literacy Skills by Children with Visual Impairment through a Mobile App

  Dragan Ahmetovic, Cristian Bernareggi, Barbara Leporini, Sergio Mascetti (2023) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  WordMelodies is a freely available mobile application designed to teach literacy skills to primary school children, with particular attention to accessibility for children with visual impairments or blindness (VIB). The app was developed through an i…

  • visual impairment
  • literacy education
  • mobile apps
  • children
  • screen reader
  • touchscreen accessibility
  • inclusive education
  • edutainment

• WordMelodies: an Inclusive Mobile App Supporting the Acquisition of Literacy Skills

  Dragan Ahmetovic, Cristian Bernareggi, Irene Mantegazza, Sergio Mascetti (2021) — Proceedings of the 18th International Web for All Conference (W4A '21)

  This paper presents WordMelodies, a cross-platform mobile edutainment application designed for inclusive literacy education for primary school children with and without visual impairments or blindness (VIB). The app was motivated by a teacher of chil…

  • visual impairment
  • education accessibility
  • mobile accessibility
  • inclusive design
  • screen readers
  • literacy
  • edutainment