Literature Reviews

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

• Auto-Generating Personas from User Reviews in VR App Stores

  Yi Wang, Kexin Cheng, Xiao Liu, Chetan Arora, John Grundy, Thuong Hoang, Henry Been-Lirn Duh (2026) — Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’26)

  This CHI 2026 Extended Abstract reports on an auto-generated persona system developed to help undergraduate students surface accessibility requirements in virtual reality design projects. The authors argue that personas are well-established in user-c…

  • virtual reality
  • VR accessibility
  • personas
  • requirements engineering
  • large language models
  • retrieval-augmented generation
  • accessibility education
  • user-centered design
  • empathy

• Basic Senior Personas: A Representative Design Tool Covering the Spectrum of European Older Adults

  Bernhard Wöckl, Ulcay Yildizoglu, Isabella Buber, Belinda Aparicio Diaz, Ernst Kruijff, Manfred Tscheligi (2012) — Proceedings of the 14th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2012)

  This paper introduces a set of 30 "basic senior personas" representing European citizens aged 60 and older, developed using a quantitative approach based on micro-level data from approximately 12,500 individuals across 17 European countries from the …

  • older adults
  • personas
  • user-centered design
  • ambient assisted living
  • activities of daily living
  • cognitive function
  • design methodology
  • quantitative research
  • European demographics
  • persona layering

• "Pray Before You Step Out": Describing Personal and Situational Blind Navigation Behaviors

  Michele A. Williams, Amy Hurst, Shaun K. Kane (2013) — Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This paper presents a formative study exploring how 30 adults with vision impairments use technology and personal strategies to navigate both indoor and outdoor environments. Rather than introducing new navigation technology, the research aims to bui…

  • visual impairment
  • blindness
  • navigation
  • orientation and mobility
  • wayfinding
  • assistive technology
  • personas
  • GPS
  • white cane
  • guide dog
  • indoor navigation
  • user research

• WaaT: Personalised Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool

  Theofanis Oikonomou, Nikolaos Kaklanis, Konstantinos Votis, Grammati-Eirini Kastori, Nikolaos Partarakis, Dimitrios Tzovaras (2011) — Proceedings of the International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

  This paper presents WaaT (Web Accessibility Assessment Tool), a personalized accessibility evaluation tool that allows developers to assess web content against specific disability profiles, assistive technologies, and personas rather than running a g…

  • accessibility evaluation
  • automated testing
  • WCAG compliance
  • accessibility tools
  • personas
  • barrier walkthrough
  • ontology

• Empathic communication of accessibility barriers in web 2.0 editing

  Afra Pascual, Mireia Ribera, Toni Granollers (2015) — Proceedings of the 12th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper presents EmpathicEditor4Accessibility (EE4A), a prototype web editor that helps non-technical content writers understand and fix accessibility errors by communicating barriers through the perspective of disabled personas rather than techni…

  • authoring tools
  • user-generated content
  • accessibility education
  • empathic design
  • WCAG compliance
  • content management systems
  • personas

• Information Wayfinding of Screen Reader Users: Five Personas to Expand Conceptualizations of User Experiences

  J. Bern Jordan, Victoria Van Hyning, Mason A. Jones, Rachael Bradley Montgomery, Elizabeth Bottner, Evan Tansil (2024) — ASSETS '24: Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper presents five user personas representing the diverse range of screen reader experiences, developed from observations across several studies with blind screen reader users. The authors challenge the common assumption in research and develop…

  • screen readers
  • blind users
  • personas
  • user experience
  • information wayfinding
  • braille
  • assistive technology
  • web accessibility
  • digital literacy