Literature Reviews

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

• Techniques to Assist in Developing Accessibility Engineers

  Jim A. Carter, David W. Fourney (2007) — Proceedings of the 9th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '07)

  This paper describes the design and outcomes of CMPT 480/840 "Accessible Computing," a computer science course at the University of Saskatchewan focused on producing Accessibility Engineers rather than merely raising awareness of accessibility issues…

  • accessibility education
  • accessibility engineering
  • curriculum design
  • universal access
  • computer science education
  • professional development
  • ISO 9241
  • WCAG

• A Cisco Education Tool Accessible to the Vision Impaired

  J. Hope, B. R. von Konsky, I. Murray, L. C. Chew, B. Farrugia (2006) — Proceedings of the 8th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '06)

  This paper describes iNetSim, a universally accessible network simulator developed at Curtin University of Technology to allow vision-impaired and sighted students to complete Cisco Certified Network Associate level 2 (CCNA 2) laboratory sessions. Th…

  • visual impairment
  • education
  • screen reader
  • VoiceOver
  • network simulation
  • STEM accessibility
  • universal access
  • IT certification

• Investigating the Applicability of User Models for Motion-Impaired Users

  Simeon Keates, John Clarkson, Peter Robinson (2000) — Proceedings of the Fourth International ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies (Assets '00)

  This paper from the University of Cambridge investigates whether the Model Human Processor (MHP) — a foundational user model from Card, Moran, and Newell's "The Psychology of Human-Computer Interaction" — accurately describes how motion-impaired user…

  • motor impairment
  • user modeling
  • universal access
  • human-computer interaction
  • cerebral palsy
  • input devices
  • usability testing
  • inclusive design

• Expanded Interactions: Broadening Human-Centered Computing

  Richard A. Foulds, Arthur W. Joyce (1998) — Proceedings of the Third International ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies (Assets '98)

  This paper reports on the preliminary results of an NSF-sponsored invitational workshop titled "Expanded Interaction: Broadening Human-Centered Computing," held at the Winterthur Museum and A.I. duPont Institute in Wilmington, Delaware in May 1997. A…

  • human-centered computing
  • universal design
  • universal access
  • multimodal interaction
  • inclusive design
  • disability
  • research agenda
  • human-computer interaction

• A General Education Course on Universal Access, Disability, Technology and Society

  Sri H. Kurniawan, Sonia Arteaga, Roberto Manduchi (2010) — Proceedings of the 12th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2010)

  This paper describes the design, implementation, and evaluation of a General Education course called "Universal Access: Disability, Technology and Society" (CMPE 80A) offered at the University of California Santa Cruz. The course was created to expos…

  • accessibility education
  • universal access
  • disability awareness
  • assistive technology
  • curriculum design
  • undergraduate education

• Computers and People with Disabilities

  Ephraim P. Glinert, Bryant W. York (2008) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This is a 2008 reprint of a landmark 1992 Communications of the ACM article that issued a "call-to-arms" for research on computers and people with disabilities. Glinert and York argued that human-computer interfaces systematically failed to account f…

  • accessibility history
  • assistive technology
  • accessibility policy
  • HCI
  • universal access
  • inclusive design
  • SIGCAPH
  • ADA

• Listen to Everything You Want to Read with Capti Narrator

  Yevgen Borodin, Yuri Puzis, Andrii Soviak, James Bouker, Bo Feng, Richard Sicoli, Andrii Melnyk, Valentyn Melnyk, Vikas Ashok, Glenn Dausch, I.V. Ramakrishnan (2014) — Proceedings of the 11th Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper presents Capti Narrator, a cross-platform text-to-speech application developed by Charmtech Labs that enables hands-free consumption of digital content. Unlike traditional screen readers that are tightly coupled to operating system interfa…

  • text-to-speech
  • print disability
  • screen reader
  • mobile accessibility
  • universal access
  • reading accessibility
  • assistive technology