Literature Reviews

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

• Task Analysis for Sonification Applications Usability Evaluation

  Ag Asri Ag Ibrahim (2006) — Proceedings of the 8th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '06)

  This poster paper from University Malaysia Sabah and the University of York proposes a task analysis framework for evaluating the usability of sonification applications — software that transforms data into sound representations. The author argues tha…

  • sonification
  • task analysis
  • usability inspection
  • auditory display
  • accessibility evaluation
  • non-visual interface

• A General HCI Framework of Sonification Applications

  Ag Asri Ag Ibrahim, Andy Hunt (2006) — Proceedings of the 8th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '06)

  This paper proposes a general HCI framework for understanding and evaluating sonification applications — software that uses non-speech sound to represent data or information. The authors define sonification as having three main elements: Goal (for un…

  • sonification
  • auditory display
  • HCI framework
  • usability inspection
  • parameter mapping
  • accessibility