Literature Reviews

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

• Auditory Navigation in Hyperspace: Design and Evaluation of a Non-Visual Hypermedia System for Blind Users

  Sarah Morley, Helen Petrie, Anne-Marie O'Neill, Peter McNally (1998) — Proceedings of the Third International ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies (Assets '98)

  This paper from the University of Hertfordshire's Sensory Disabilities Research Unit presents the design and rigorous evaluation of DAHNI (Demonstrator of the ACCESS media Non-Visual Interface), a hypermedia system built specifically for blind users …

  • auditory interface
  • blindness
  • non-speech sounds
  • hypermedia
  • nonvisual navigation
  • user-centred design
  • evaluation methodology
  • assistive technology
  • earcons

• Designing the World Wide Web for People with Disabilities: A User Centered Design Approach

  Lila F. Laux, Peter R. McNally, Michael G. Paciello, Gregg C. Vanderheiden (1996) — Proceedings of the Second Annual ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies (Assets '96)

  This 1996 panel paper brings together four perspectives on making the early World Wide Web accessible to people with disabilities. Lila Laux frames the problem by identifying special user populations — elderly people, those with low incomes, rural an…

  • web accessibility
  • user-centered design
  • assistive technology
  • universal design
  • presentation independence
  • hypermedia
  • pervasive accessible technology