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Everything about Computer accessibility
Ability of a computer system to be used by all people
Computer accessibility refers to the accessibility of a computer system to all people, regardless of disability type, English literacy or digital fluency. The term accessibility is most often used in reference to specialized hardware or software, or a combination of both, designed to enable the use of a computer by a person with a disability or impairment. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Computer accessibilityA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: A Brain Controlled Command-Line Interface to Enhance the Accessibility of Severe Motor Disabled People to Personnel ComputerInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Interactive Computing SeriesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Critical assessment of synthetic accessibility scores in computer-assisted synthesis planningCited 93 times
- Go sideways: Screen readerA closely related topic
- Go sideways: NonVisual Desktop AccessA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Critical assessment of synthetic accessibility scores in computer-assisted synthesis planning
Hands-free vision-based interface for computer accessibility
Computer and World Wide Web Accessibility by Visually Disabled Patients: Problems and Solutions
Accessibility analysis using computer graphics hardware
Ambient multimodality: towards advancing computer accessibility and assisted living
Characterizing and visualizing physical world accessibility at scale using crowdsourcing, computer vision, and machine learning
An Adaptive Interface Design (AID) for enhanced computer accessibility and rehabilitation
Accessibility of exact nonlinear stationary states in water-bag model computer experiments
🆕 Influential since 2022
A Brain Controlled Command-Line Interface to Enhance the Accessibility of Severe Motor Disabled People to Personnel Computer
The use of WCAG and automatic tools by computer science students: a case study evaluating MOOC accessibility
Predictors of Accessibility Tool Use on a Low-Stakes Computer-Based Math Test
Enhancing Accessibility and Engagement in Computer Science Education for Diverse Learners
“Creatures of habit”: influential factors to the adoption of computer personalization and accessibility settings
📚 Books worth reading
Interactive Computing SeriesKenneth C. Laudon · 1997
Mastering today's softwareEdward G. Martin, Charles S. Parker · 1992
Introducing ComputersRobert H. Blissmer · 1988
I-SeriesStephen Haag · 2001
Your OfficeAmy S. Kinser, Eric Kinser · 2012
The player of gamesIain Banks · 1988
IBM PC ApprenticeInc. Wordware Pub., Leonard Paul Kubiak · 1984
Advanced Computing and Systems for SecurityRituparna Chaki, Agostino Cortesi · 2015
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
🔗 Related topics
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- NonVisual Desktop Access NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) is a free and open-source, portable screen reader for Microsoft Windows. The project was started by Michael Curran in 2006…
- Microsoft Active Accessibility Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) is an application programming interface (API) for user interface accessibility. MSAA was introduced as a platform…
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