Articles & papers

Web Accessibility and its Future

Samantha Pye, University of East Anglia, UK.

This dissertation paper looks at the requirement for awareness and enforcement of accessibility, in relation to blind and partially sighted people.

Dissertation paper (2011)

You can download the paper in PDF format below.

• Web Accessibility and its Future (PDF, 2.3Mb)

Creation of an Accessible Rich Internet Application

Oludewa Ogbe, Bournemouth University, UK.

This dissertation paper explores and evaluates the arrival of rich internet applications on the web, and their impact on web development and accessibility for blind and partially sighted people. The available guidelines and standards are also examined, in particular the Accessible Rich Internet Application (ARIA) specification from the W3C.

Dissertation paper (2010)

You can download the paper in PDF format below.

• Creation of an Accessible Rich Internet Application (PDF, 1.7Mb)

Computing and Blindness in Education (COMBINE) Project

Dr. Simon Hayhoe, Leicester, UK.

The aim of the research is to present a series of case studies that describe non-visual computer programming. The intention is to better understand the teaching of Information Technology (IT) and computing, to visually impaired students and to inform future interface design.

COMBINE Pilot Report (2007)

The pilot report for the project can be downloaded in several formats below.

• COMBINE Pilot Report, December 2007 (PPT, 88Kb)
• COMBINE Pilot Report, December 2007 (RTF, 81Kb)
• COMBINE Pilot Report, December 2007 (ZIP, 77Kb)

COMBINE Presentation (2009)

An updated presentation for the project can be downloaded in several formats below.

• COMBINE Presentation, January 2009 (PPT, 1.1Mb)
• COMBINE Presentation, January 2009 (RTF, 179Kb)
• COMBINE Presentation, January 2009 (ZIP, 853Kb)