Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
6 results found tagged non-visual browsing.
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A Flexible VXML Interpreter for Non-Visual Web Access
This doctoral consortium paper from Stony Brook University presents VXMLSurf, an open-source VoiceXML interpreter being developed as part of the HearSay project for non-visual web browsing. VoiceXML is the W3C standard for specifying interactive voic…
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A Domain Specific Language Framework for Non-Visual Browsing of Complex HTML Structures
This paper from New Mexico State University, University of Texas at Dallas, and University of South Florida presents a framework for navigating complex HTML structures — specifically tables, frames, and forms — that are particularly challenging for s…
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V-Lynx: Bringing the World Wide Web to Sight Impaired Users
This 1996 paper from the University of Southern Mississippi presents V-Lynx, one of the earliest voice-enabled web browsers designed to make the World Wide Web accessible to sight-impaired users. At this time, WWW traffic had only recently become sig…
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Automation of Repetitive Web Browsing Tasks with Voice-Enabled Macros
This paper proposes an approach for automating repetitive web browsing tasks through personalized macros with a speech-enabled interface, implemented within the HearSay non-visual web browser at Stony Brook University. The core problem is that non-vi…
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Hyperbraille: a hypertext system for the blind
This 1994 paper presents Hyperbraille, a system designed to make hypertext documents accessible to blind users through braille output devices. The research addresses a fundamental challenge: hypertext systems rely heavily on visual cues such as highl…
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Complexities of Practical Web Automation
This paper systematizes and analyzes the complexities involved in building practical, usable, and accessible web automation systems, drawing on published literature and the authors' years of experience developing automation tools for visually impaire…