Literature Reviews

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

• A4TV: Assessing and Ameliorating the Accessibility of the Ascending Connected TV Platforms

  Daniel Costa (2015) — Proceedings of the 12th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This doctoral consortium paper proposes a two-stage research programme to study and improve the accessibility of connected TV platforms for visually impaired users. Connected TVs — smart TVs and set-top boxes with internet connectivity — use web tech…

  • connected TV
  • blindness
  • visual impairment
  • accessibility evaluation
  • multimodal interaction
  • WAI-ARIA
  • WCAG
  • mobile accessibility
  • second screen
  • audio description
  • automated testing

• Personalized and Accessible TV Interaction for People with Visual Impairments

  Daniel Costa, Carlos Duarte (2019) — Proceedings of the 16th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper presents the design and implementation of a system that makes Connected TV applications accessible to people with visual impairments by using a smartphone as an accessible second-screen controller. Connected TVs and set-top boxes now offer…

  • visual impairment
  • connected TV
  • personalization
  • adaptive interface
  • multimodal interaction
  • speech synthesis
  • TalkBack
  • second screen
  • audio description
  • interaction logging