Literature Reviews

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

• SlidePacer: Improving Class Pace for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students

  Alessandra Brandao (2015) — ASSETS '15: Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility

  This short paper from Rochester Institute of Technology introduces SlidePacer, a prototype tool designed to synchronize PowerPoint slide transitions with sign language interpretation in university classrooms. The paper addresses a fundamental challen…

  • deaf accessibility
  • sign language interpreters
  • education
  • classroom accessibility
  • multimedia learning
  • visual attention
  • split attention
  • higher education
  • presentation tools

• SlidePacer: A Presentation Delivery Tool for Instructors of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students

  Alessandra Brandão, Hugo Nicolau, Shreya Tadas, Vicki L. Hanson (2016) — ASSETS '16: Proceedings of the 18th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  SlidePacer addresses a fundamental challenge for deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) students in mainstream classrooms: the cognitive overload caused by splitting attention between multiple visual sources—instructor, slides, and sign language interpreter.…

  • deaf and hard of hearing
  • sign language interpreting
  • cognitive load
  • multimedia learning
  • classroom accessibility
  • presentation tools
  • education accessibility
  • split attention