Addressing accessibility barriers in programming for people with visual impairments: A literature review

A Mountapmbeme, O Okafor, S Ludi - ACM Transactions on Accessible …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Accessibility issues with programming languages and programming environments pose a
major barrier for students with visual impairments to participate in computing related courses …

Accessible web development: Opportunities to improve the education and practice of web development with a screen reader

C Kearney-Volpe, A Hurst - ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
There are a growing number of jobs related to web development, yet there is little formal
literature about the accessibility of web development with a screen reader. This article …

The diversity crisis in software development

K Albusays, P Bjorn, L Dabbish, D Ford… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This special issue of IEEE Software focuses on diversity and inclusion in software
development, presenting research results and best practices for making the field equitable …

Tangiblegrid: Tangible web layout design for blind users

J Li, Z Yan, EH Jarjue, A Shetty, H Peng - Proceedings of the 35th …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
We present TangibleGrid, a novel device that allows blind users to understand and design
the layout of a web page with real-time tangible feedback. We conducted semi-structured …

Hacking, switching, combining: understanding and supporting DIY assistive technology design by blind people

J Herskovitz, A Xu, R Alharbi, A Guo - … of the 2023 CHI Conference on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Existing assistive technologies (AT) often fail to support the unique needs of blind and
visually impaired (BVI) people. Thus, BVI people have become domain experts in …

Psst: Enabling blind or visually impaired developers to author sonifications of streaming sensor data

V Potluri, J Thompson, J Devine, B Lee… - Proceedings of the 35th …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
We present the first toolkit that equips blind and visually impaired (BVI) developers with the
tools to create accessible data displays. Called PSST (Physical computing Streaming …

Human-in-the-loop machine learning to increase video accessibility for visually impaired and blind users

BF Yuksel, P Fazli, U Mathur, V Bisht, SJ Kim… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Video accessibility is crucial for blind and visually impaired individuals for education,
employment, and entertainment purposes. However, professional video descriptions are …

Understanding accessibility and collaboration in programming for people with visual impairments

M Pandey, V Kameswaran, HV Rao… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
There has been a growing interest in Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Human-
Computer Interaction to understand the experiences of programmers in the workplace …

Design and evaluation of accessible collaborative writing techniques for people with vision impairments

M Das, AM Piper, D Gergle - ACM Transactions on Computer-Human …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Collaborative writing tools have been used widely in professional and academic
organizations for many years. Yet, there has not been much work to improve screen reader …

Understanding audio production practices of people with vision impairments

A Saha, AM Piper - Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
The advent of digital audio workstations and other digital audio tools has brought a critical
shift in the audio industry by empowering amateur and professional audio content creators …