Literature Reviews

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

• Multi-View Platform: An Accessible Live Classroom Viewing Approach for Low Vision Students

  Raja S. Kushalnagar, Stephanie A. Ludie, Poorna Kushalnagar (2011) — The Proceedings of the 13th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2011)

  This paper presents a Multi-View Platform (MVP) that uses students' personal smartphones and tablets to provide low vision and deaf students with flexible, magnified views of classroom lecture visuals such as presentation slides and whiteboards. The …

  • low vision
  • education
  • classroom accessibility
  • mobile technology
  • magnification
  • deaf accessibility
  • mainstream technology
  • Android

• Using a Computer Intervention to Support Phonological Awareness Development of Nonspeaking Adults

  Ha Trinh (2011) — The Proceedings of the 13th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2011)

  This short paper presents a pilot study investigating whether a computer-based intervention delivered on an iPad can help adults with severe speech and physical impairments (SSPI) develop phonological awareness — the ability to identify and manipulat…

  • phonological awareness
  • literacy
  • severe speech and physical impairments
  • computer-based intervention
  • iPad
  • cerebral palsy
  • AAC
  • mainstream technology