Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
3 results found tagged nonvisual access.
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How People Use Presentation to Search for a Link: Expanding the Understanding of Accessibility on the Web
This paper uses eye-tracking to investigate a fundamental question about web accessibility: what exactly does visual presentation provide to sighted users that is lost when content is accessed nonvisually (via screen readers) or on small screens? The…
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Designing Beneath the Surface of the Web
This paper reframes web accessibility as fundamentally a source code design problem, arguing that designers focus almost exclusively on the visual "surface" of web pages — colors, typography, layouts — while neglecting the underlying code layer that …
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Speaking with My Screen Reader: Using Audio Fictions to Explore Conversational Access to Interfaces
This paper explores whether and how human-like conversational assistants could extend the screen reader experience for blind and low vision (BLV) users. Current screen readers provide linear, impersonal access to interfaces through keyboard-driven cu…