Academic Publications (Silas S. Brown)

PhD thesis: Conversion of notations. Technical report UCAM-CL-TR-591, University of Cambridge, Computer Laboratory, June 2004. PDF format
Silas S. Brown and Peter Robinson. Transformation frameworks and their relevance in universal design. Universal Access in the Information Society, 3.3-4:209-223, 2004. PDF format
Silas S. Brown and Peter Robinson. Interacting with notations: two examples of the use of a transformation system. Universal Access in the Information Society, 4.2:96-, 2005.
S.S. Brown and P. Robinson. Transforming musical notations for universal access. In: Designing a More Inclusive World: proceedings of the Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology 2004, pp 123-132. PDF format (copyright held by the publisher Springer-Verlag)
Silas Brown and Peter Robinson. Supporting the user's design of alternative complex notations. In: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2005), Vol.3: Human-Computer Interfaces: Concepts, New Ideas, Better Usability, and Applications. PDF format
Silas S. Brown and Peter Robinson. A personal information management approach for people with low vision or blindness. ACM SIGACCESS Issue 84 January 2006 HTML (here is the code notesorg.py; see comments at the start).
Silas Brown and Peter Robinson. Usable Personal Information Management Techniques for People with Low Vision. In: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2005), Vol.7: Universal Access in HCI: Exploring New Interaction Environments. PDF format
Silas S. Brown and Peter Robinson. Addressing Print Disabilities in Adult Foreign-language Acquisition. In: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2003), Vol.4: Universal Access in HCI, pp 38-42. PDF format (copyright held by the publisher LEA; note that this PDF differs slightly from the final copy which I don't have)
S.S. Brown and P. Robinson. Automatically Rearranging Structured Data for Customised Special-Needs Presentations. In: Universal Access and Assistive Technology: proceedings of the Cambridge Workshop on UA and AT 2002, pp 109-118. PDF format (copyright held by the publisher Springer-Verlag)
Silas S. Brown. Indexing STL Lists with Maps. Overload issue 53 (February 2003) p.18 (PDF p.16)
Various Linux Gazette articles published between 2007 and 2011
Silas S. Brown. Beyond XML: Building Transformation Algorithms in Python. ACCU spring conference 2002 (proceedings on CD-ROM).
Silas S Brown & Peter Robinson. A World Wide Web Mediator for Users with Low Vision. CHI 2001 Workshop No. 14. PDF format
Silas Brown. An Extensible System for Conversion of Musical-Notation Data to Braille Musical Notation. Computing in Musicology, 12:45-74, 2001.
Undergraduate project dissertation (2000)
I've also written some ACCU articles