Literature Reviews

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

• Forcing Standardization or Accommodating Diversity? A Framework for Applying the WCAG in the Real World

  Brian Kelly, David Sloan, Lawrie Phipps, Helen Petrie, Fraser Hamilton (2005) — Proceedings of the 2005 International Cross-Disciplinary Workshop on Web Accessibility (W4A)

  This paper critically examines how the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 1.0) were being applied in practice six years after their publication, arguing that rigid, context-free application of WCAG was creating serious problems for web de…

  • web accessibility
  • WCAG
  • accessibility policy
  • accessibility guidelines
  • holistic accessibility
  • user evaluation
  • automated testing
  • accessibility legislation

• Evaluating Interfaces for Intelligent Mobile Search

  Karen Church, Barry Smyth, Mark T. Keane (2006) — Proceedings of the 2006 International Cross-Disciplinary Workshop on Web Accessibility (W4A)

  This paper argues that simply transplanting desktop web search interfaces onto mobile devices creates a poor user experience, and proposes an alternative approach to presenting search results on small screens. The authors first evaluate seven mobile …

  • mobile accessibility
  • mobile search
  • search interfaces
  • small screen devices
  • information retrieval
  • user evaluation
  • mobile web