My research topic is about how website’s accessibility is impacted by usability. Meaning, in what way can websites be developed to help those with disabilities, and how do these developments help them in their lives. This is meant to study the trend of human computer interaction, programming, and web development in general. It’s meant to take a look at how programmers tackle accessibility, and how it helps those with disabilities.

 

 

Database: Computer Science

• Boolean Terms: Web Design AND Accessibility
• Subject: Usability Testing
• Limiters: Full Text, Peer Reviewed Journals, and Publication Dates 01/01/2014 – 04/24/22.
• Results: 7 Academic Journals
• Usefulness: This search turned up 100+ results, but after using the Subjects and Limiters, it took out a lot of them. This refined the results to just those studies that looked at just usability and its effectiveness in different circumstances. These were pretty close to the search terms, and I’m happy with them.

Annotation:

Punchoojit, L., & Hongwarittorrn, N. (2017). Usability Studies on Mobile User Interface Design     Patterns: A Systematic Literature Review. Advances in Human-Computer Interaction, 2017. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A535816989/CDB?u=klnb_fhsuniv&sid=bookmark-CDB&xid=45a83af8

This is a great resource to get a general understanding of what has been done in the study of HCI, in the realm of mobile and desktop UI development. The article gives an overview of designs in UI in recent years, and also where the subject lacks understanding (due to a lack of research). This could help anyone during a literature review. This could help me personally to understand where HCI research has gone already, and perhaps offer some insight into if HCI is strong or weak in the area of accessibility. It does cover the topic of accessibility, so it does give insight into that arena of study. I believe this is a great resource to find the answers I need to strengthen my own studies.

 

 

 

 

Database: Computer Science

• Boolean Terms: Web Development AND Accessibility
• Limiters: Full Text, Peer Reviewed, and Publication Dates 01/01/2014 – 04/24/22.
• Results: 9 Academic Journals
• Usefulness: There were only a few results I found potentially helpful during this search. To be honest, I expected better results. Not very useful, but did provide at least one good result I’m excited about.

Annotation:

Bai, A., Stray, V., & Mork, H. (2019). What Methods Software Teams Prefer When Testing Web Accessibility. Advances in Human-Computer Interaction. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A610418617/CDB?u=klnb_fhsuniv&sid=bookmark-CDB&xid=272c378d

When it comes to accessibility, sometimes it’s hard to get into the mindset of what a programmer may look at, or how they test for accessibility. Human Computer Interaction uses accessibility to reach as many people as possible, so testing for this is critical for any programmer. This study investigates which accessibility method software developers preferred, while testing for accessibility. I think this is a great addition to my research, because it gives direct insight into how and what the software developers think about when it comes to developing their user interfaces and programming for their software.

 

 

 

 

Database: Computer Science

• Boolean Terms: Web Development AND Accessibility
• Limiters: Full Text, and Publication Dates 01/01/2014 – 04/24/22.
• Results: 131 Academic Journals
• Usefulness: There were a lot of results on this search. Most of the results is about software development, and how to teach it, and tools. This may provide someone with some interesting results, but I only saw a handful that really caught my eye.

Annotation:

Andrade, W. T., de Branco, R. G., Cagnin, M. I., & Paiva, D. M. B. (2018). Incorporating Accessibility Elements to the Software Engineering Process. Advances in Human-Computer Interaction, 2018. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A574558260/CDB?u=klnb_fhsuniv&sid=bookmark-CDB&xid=6f3fe2e3

Accessibility is a difficult subject to tackle for software developers, because there are so many things to take into consideration while programming. Screen readers, for example, are just one part of accessibility concerns. This article explains a method of development that incorporates accessibility into the process, and also provided Acero (a tool to help) to accomplish this, and then gave the results of the tool Acero. I will use this information to get insight into the thought process of developer on accessibility.

 

 

Database: Computer Source

• Boolean Terms Software Development processAND Accessibility
• Limiters: Full Text, and Publication Dates 2014 – 2022
• Results: 11 Academic Journals
• Usefulness: This was a search that provided mixed results. I found some helpful information, but most were able programs and computer science methods I just didn’t understand, or weren’t useful to my research.

Annotation:

Godinho, R., Condado, P. A., Zacarias, M., & Lobo, F. G. (2015). Improving accessibility of mobile devices with EasyWrite. Behaviour & Information Technology, 34(2), 135–150. https://doi-org.ezproxy.fhsu.edu/10.1080/0144929X.2014.981584

Software development tools being use within the arena of accessibility is a great method for developers to reach more people. This article describes such a tool called EasyWrite, which helps people who have difficulty using motor skills be able to type.  The aim of this tool is to help improve this skill. I find this fascinating, and a great find in developing a working body of knowledge that incorporates ideas such as this, to get an insight into the process in which tools and websites are developed for accessibility. I will use it to understand the design process of such tools, to help understand how programmers approach accessibility when developing such things.

 

 

 

 

Database: Computer Source

• Boolean Terms Web Development AND Human Computer Interaction
• Limiters: Full Text, and Publication Dates 2014 – 2022
• Results: 7 Academic Journals
• Usefulness: Mostly not useful, as it provided such little research insights. Most articles were focused on such things as cognitive load, and user interfaces.

Annotation:

Vermeeren, A. P. O. S., Roto, V., & Väänänen, K. (2016). Design-inclusive UX research: design as a part of doing user experience research. Behaviour & Information Technology, 35(1), 21–37. https://doi-org.ezproxy.fhsu.edu/10.1080/0144929X.2015.1081292

An overview of design principals and processes can help anyone researching design, accessibility, and usability. This article touches on human computer interaction in a global way, describing how design research should incorporate more than just usability, but ways to impact such things like emotions. This is a very interesting, and different approach to design in human computer interaction. While most research in HCI seems to be about usability, little emphasis is placed on the experience, according to this article. An overview such as this, with a spin on the typical research, would help offer a different perspective on anyone’s research in human computer interaction. I will use it to provide an alternative voice in my research.