Literature Reviews

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

• DysMusic: detecting dyslexia by web-based games with music elements

  Maria Rauschenberger (2016) — Proceedings of the 13th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This doctoral consortium paper proposes DysMusic, a web-based serious game that uses music elements to detect dyslexia in children aged 3 to 6—before they enter formal schooling and begin experiencing academic failure. The research is motivated by lo…

  • dyslexia
  • dyslexia screening
  • serious games
  • gamification
  • music accessibility
  • early detection
  • web-based assessment
  • learning disabilities

• Towards the Prediction of Dyslexia by a Web-based Game with Musical Elements

  Maria Rauschenberger, Luz Rello, Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Emilia Gomez, Jeffrey P. Bigham (2017) — Proceedings of the 14th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper presents DysMusic, a web-based serious game prototype that aims to predict the risk of dyslexia in pre-reading children using musical elements rather than linguistic tasks. Current dyslexia screening tools rely on reading and writing abili…

  • dyslexia
  • screening
  • serious games
  • gamification
  • music
  • auditory perception
  • pre-readers
  • children
  • phonological awareness
  • web-based assessment
  • usability testing
  • language independence
  • early detection
  • learning disabilities