Literature Reviews — A11y Paradise

AVD-LV: An Accessible Player for Captioned STEM Videos

Raja S. Kushalnagar, John J. Rivera, Warrance Yu, Daniel S. Steed (2014) — ASSETS '14: Proceedings of the 16th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility

This demo paper presents AVD-LV (Accessible View Device interface for Low Vision), a Chrome browser extension that enhances YouTube lecture video accessibility for deaf and low vision (DLV) viewers. The core problem is that captioned videos require D…

Impact of Online Learning in the Context of COVID-19 on Undergraduates with Disabilities and Mental Health Concerns

Han Zhang, Margaret Morris, Paula Nurius, Kelly Mack, Jennifer Brown, Kevin Kuehn, Yasaman Sefidgar, Xuhai Xu, Eve Riskin, Anind Dey, Jennifer Mankoff (2022) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

This mixed-methods study examined how the COVID-19 pandemic's shift to online learning affected undergraduate students with disabilities and mental health concerns at a large US public university. The researchers compared 28 students with disabilitie…

Closed ASL Interpreting for Online Videos

Matthew Seita (2016) — ASSETS '16: Proceedings of the 18th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

This paper introduces "closed interpreting"—a concept analogous to closed captions where an ASL interpreter video can be toggled on and customized alongside online video content. The motivation is straightforward but often overlooked: many deaf and h…

Subjective Evaluation of Website Accessibility and Usability: A Survey for People with Sensory Disabilities

Tahani Alahmadi, Steve Drew (2017) — Proceedings of the 14th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

This paper presents a novel subjective evaluation model for assessing web accessibility and usability from the perspective of students with sensory disabilities, applied to Australian university websites. The model integrates accessibility criteria f…

Online Learning Accessibility during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Shanna Russ, Foad Hamidi (2021) — Proceedings of the 18th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

This literature review examines 14 papers published over the past decade on e-learning accessibility, reframing their findings through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on K-12 education. During the pandemic, elementary, middle, and hi…

Accessibility Challenges in Lab Simulations

Matthew Ralston, Greg Gay (2021) — Proceedings of the 18th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

This paper describes the accessibility challenges encountered and solutions developed when creating online lab simulations for an Occupational Health and Safety course at Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University). The COVID-19 pandemic…