Literature Reviews

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

• AcceSS: accessibility through simplification & summarization

  Bambang Parmanto, Reza Ferrydiansyah, Andi Saptono, Lijing Song, I Wayan Sugiantara, Stephanie Hackett (2005) — Proceedings of the 2005 International Cross-Disciplinary Workshop on Web Accessibility (W4A)

  This paper from the University of Pittsburgh presents AcceSS, a transcoding system that makes web pages more accessible to visually impaired users through two complementary strategies: simplification and summarization. The authors identify a fundamen…

  • screen readers
  • visual impairment
  • web transcoding
  • content simplification
  • web navigation
  • gestalt comprehension
  • assistive technology