Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
9 results found tagged screen magnification.
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Improving Low-Vision Chart Accessibility via On-Cursor Visual Context
Charts remain largely inaccessible to Low-Vision Individuals (LVI) because reading them requires holding both fine-grained data details and the broader visual context — axes, legend, grid lines, overview — in view at the same time, a task that magnif…
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Zooming Interfaces! Enhancing the Performance of Eye Controlled Pointing Devices
This paper from De Montfort University quantifies the performance problems of eye-based pointing on standard graphical user interfaces and demonstrates that adding a zoom facility dramatically improves usability. The researchers identified three fund…
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A Framework of Assistive Pointers for Low Vision Users
This paper from the University of Saskatchewan proposes a four-dimensional framework for systematically exploring the design space of assistive mouse pointers for low vision computer users. The authors argue that while various pointer assistance tech…
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Note-Taker 3.0: An Assistive Technology Enabling Students Who Are Legally Blind to Take Notes in Class
This demonstration paper presents the results of a three-year iterative development of Note-Taker, a portable hardware/software assistive device that enables students with low vision to independently take handwritten or typed notes during classroom l…
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Making the Web Easier to See with Opportunistic Accessibility Improvement
This paper introduces the concept of "opportunistic accessibility improvement" — the idea that accessibility enhancements like magnification should be automatically applied to the maximum extent possible without causing negative side effects. The aut…
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How People with Low Vision Access Computing Devices: Understanding Challenges and Opportunities
This paper presents a contextual inquiry study examining how 11 people with low vision use mainstream computing devices (smartphones, tablets, and computers) to perform common tasks like reading email and browsing news. Low vision affects at least 3.…
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Remote Access Programs to Better Integrate Individuals with Disabilities
This experience report, written primarily from the perspective of the first author who is legally blind due to albinism, describes how remote access programs (such as TeamViewer and AnyDesk) combined with voice communication tools (Skype, Google Hang…
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Screen Magnification for Office Applications
This demonstration paper presents MagPro, an interface augmentation for office productivity tools (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint) designed to reduce the excessive panning and zooming that screen-magnifier users with low vision must perform. The c…
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Screen Magnification for Readers with Low Vision: A Study on Usability and Performance
This study investigates how people with low vision use two common screen magnification modes — full screen and lens — when reading documents and exploring web pages on a laptop computer. The researchers recruited 20 participants with a range of low v…