Literature Reviews

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

• Linux Screen Reader: Extensible Assistive Technology

  Peter Parente, Brett Clippingdale (2006) — Proceedings of the 8th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '06)

  This paper presents the Linux Screen Reader (LSR), an open source project from IBM that aimed to create a reusable, extensible development platform for building alternative and supplemental user interfaces on the GNOME desktop environment. Unlike con…

  • screen reader
  • Linux
  • open source
  • assistive technology
  • accessibility API
  • GNOME
  • extensibility
  • spatial audio
  • scripting

• Understanding Screen Readers' Plugins

  Farhani Momotaz, Md Touhidul Islam, Md Ehtesham-Ul-Haque, Syed Masum Billah (2021) — Proceedings of the 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This paper presents the first empirical study focused specifically on understanding the ecosystem of screen reader plugins — small pieces of code that extend screen reader functionality. The researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with 14 bl…

  • screen readers
  • plugins
  • blind users
  • assistive technology
  • NVDA
  • JAWS
  • extensibility
  • user study
  • accessibility tools