Literature Reviews

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

• Nonvisual Access to an Interactive Electric Field Simulation: Work in Progress

  Clayton Lewis, Derek Riemer (2015) — ASSETS '15: Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility

  This demonstration paper presents work-in-progress on making the PhET Project's Radiating Charge physics simulation accessible to blind users through audio representation. The PhET Project offers over 130 interactive science simulations downloaded mo…

  • blindness
  • sonification
  • STEM education
  • interactive simulation
  • inclusive design
  • auditory display
  • physics education
  • PhET

• Demonstration: Screen Reader Support for a Complex Interactive Science Simulation

  Taliesin L. Smith, Clayton Lewis, Emily B. Moore (2016) — ASSETS '16: Proceedings of the 18th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This demonstration presents an accessible version of "Balloons and Static Electricity," a PhET interactive science simulation that teaches electrostatic charge concepts. PhET simulations are run over 75 million times annually, yet most are inaccessib…

  • screen reader
  • STEM education
  • interactive simulation
  • PhET
  • blind accessibility
  • ARIA
  • accessible description
  • science education
  • keyboard navigation