Literature Reviews

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

• An active step toward a web content accessible society

  Joonho Hyun, Doojin Choi, Sukil Kim (2005) — Proceedings of the 2005 International Cross-Disciplinary Workshop on Web Accessibility (W4A)

  This paper presents the Korean Web Content Accessibility Guideline 1.0 (KWCAG 1.0), enacted in late 2004 as a national standard by Korea's Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA). The authors, from the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and…

  • accessibility standards
  • accessibility policy
  • KWCAG
  • global accessibility
  • web accessibility guidelines
  • South Korea

• Web accessibility and people with dyslexia: a survey on techniques and guidelines

  Vagner Figueredo de Santana, Rosimeire de Oliveira, Leonelo Dell Anhol Almeida, Maria Cecília Calani Baranauskas (2012) — Proceedings of the International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

  This paper presents a comprehensive survey of the state of the art on dyslexia and web accessibility, synthesising findings from academic research, dyslexia organisations (particularly the British Dyslexia Association), and practitioner guidance into…

  • dyslexia
  • cognitive accessibility
  • web accessibility guidelines
  • readability
  • inclusive design
  • universal design
  • typography

• Dyslexia and web accessibility: synergies and challenges

  Luz Rello (2015) — Proceedings of the 12th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This position paper reviews the key challenges of studying dyslexia in the context of web accessibility, drawing on Rello's extensive body of research including her doctoral work on the DysWebxia text accessibility model. The paper addresses three in…

  • dyslexia
  • cognitive accessibility
  • readability
  • typography
  • web accessibility guidelines
  • text customization
  • font size
  • typeface