Low vision is a pervasive condition in which people have difficulty seeing even with
corrective lenses. People with low vision frequently use mainstream computing devices …

Purpose: Recently, interest in usability has grown in the technical communication (TC) field,
but we lack a current cohesive literature review that reflects this new growth. This article …

This article develops a rhetorical theory of delivery for Internet-based communications.
Delivery, one of the five key canons of classical rhetoric, is still an important topic for …

Accessibility norms for the Web are based on the principle that everybody should have
access to the same information. Applying these norms enables the oralization of all visual …

Imagine a common movie scene: a hero confronts a villain. Captioning such a moment
would at first glance seem as basic as transcribing the dialogue. But consider the choices …

Research problem: Interest in plain-language communication has been growing in many
sectors of business and government, but knowledge about its development is scattered and …

Roughly 1 out of 10 students in our classrooms has some form of disability, and now that a
growing number of technical and professional communication (TPC) courses and programs …

Rhetorical Accessability is the first text to bring the fields of technical communication and
disability studies into conversation. The two fields also share a pragmatic foundation in their …

This article reports on a study performed for AARP on the needs of older Web users. It
defines a model of older users that includes four dimensions (age, ability, aptitude, and …

This article discusses issues of accessibility and how user-centered and participatory
approaches can inform empirical research to guide the Universal Design of virtual spaces …