Literature Reviews

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

• Should I Trust It When I Cannot See It? Credibility Assessment for Blind Web Users

  Ali Abdolrahmani, Ravi Kuber (2016) — Proceedings of the 18th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '16)

  This paper examines how blind screen reader users assess the credibility of web content compared to sighted users, revealing fundamental differences in credibility assessment strategies between the two groups. Web credibility — the believability of i…

  • blindness
  • screen reader
  • web accessibility
  • web design
  • usability
  • information access
  • user research
  • security

• Understanding Screen-Reader Users' Experiences with Online Data Visualizations

  Ather Sharif, Sanjana Shivani Chintalapati, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Katharina Reinecke (2021) — ASSETS '21: The 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  Data visualizations are ubiquitous on the web, communicating everything from health statistics to financial trends, yet their inherently visual nature creates profound barriers for the approximately 7.6 million screen-reader users in the United State…

  • screen readers
  • data visualization
  • web accessibility
  • blind users
  • low vision
  • alternative text
  • information access

• COVID-19 Highlights the Issues Facing Blind and Visually Impaired People in Accessing Data on the Web

  Alexa F. Siu, Danyang Fan, Gene S-H Kim, Hrishikesh V. Rao, Xavier Vazquez, Sile O'Modhrain, Sean Follmer (2021) — Proceedings of the 18th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This mixed-methods study examines how blind and visually impaired (BVI) people experienced accessing data-driven information on the web during the COVID-19 pandemic — a period when data visualizations such as infection curves, maps of hotspots, and t…

  • data visualization
  • blind and low vision
  • web accessibility
  • COVID-19
  • screen readers
  • sonification
  • data literacy
  • accessible data
  • information access

• From Information Seeking to Empowerment: Using Large Language Model Chatbot in Supporting Wheelchair Life in Low Resource Settings

  Wen Mo, Aneesha Singh, Catherine Holloway (2024) — Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This paper explores the deployment of Wheelpedia, a WhatsApp chatbot powered by GPT-4, as a design probe to support wheelchair users and professionals in Nigeria and Kenya over a two-month period. The WHO estimates that approximately 80 million peopl…

  • wheelchair
  • assistive technology
  • chatbot
  • large language model
  • low and middle-income countries
  • WhatsApp
  • information access
  • Global South
  • empowerment

• Breaking the News Barrier: Towards Understanding News Consumption Practices among BVI Individuals in India

  Peya Mowar, Meghna Gupta, Mohit Jain (2024) — ASSETS 2024: 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This study examines digital news consumption practices among blind and visually impaired (BVI) individuals in India, a country home to approximately 4.95 million blind and 35 million visually impaired people. Through semi-structured interviews and co…

  • blindness
  • visual impairment
  • news consumption
  • screen readers
  • information access
  • digital media accessibility
  • Global South
  • India