Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
119 results found tagged low vision.
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A Low-Fidelity Prototyping Method for Blind Users: A Case Study on Designing Two-Dimensional Tactile Displays
This paper addresses the fundamental problem that design workshops—a key method for involving end users in technology development—are largely inaccessible to blind people due to their reliance on visual methods like sketching, storyboarding, and visu…
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Engaging Visually Impaired People in Science Museums Through an Immersive Workshop: Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities
This paper investigates how science museums can become more accessible to visually impaired visitors through the design and evaluation of an immersive, tactile workshop. Conducted at Miraikan (The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation) i…
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Access Beyond the Score: Understanding Notation Needs and Workflows of Low Vision Musicians
This paper investigates how musicians with low vision acquire, adapt, and use music notation, an area that has received far less research attention than Braille Music for blind musicians. Through semi-structured interviews with 16 low vision musician…
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VeasyGuide: Personalized Visual Guidance for Low-vision Learners on Instructor Actions in Presentation Videos
This paper introduces VeasyGuide, a tool designed to make presentation videos more accessible for low-vision (LV) learners by automatically detecting and highlighting instructor actions such as pointing, marking, and sketching. The authors identify a…
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Characterizing Visual Intents for People with Low Vision through Eye Tracking
This study investigates how people with low vision use their gaze when viewing images, with the goal of understanding their visual intents — the immediate, in-the-moment goals behind their eye movements. While assistive technologies like magnifiers a…
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Visually Augmented Audio-Tactile Graphics for Visually Impaired People
This paper presents a novel system for creating visually augmented audio-tactile graphics using 3D printing and standard tablet computers, designed for people with visual impairments including those with residual vision. Traditional tactile graphics …
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Designing and Evaluating a Customizable Head-mounted Vision Enhancement System for People with Low Vision
This paper presents ForeSee, a customizable head-mounted display (HMD) system that enhances the visual experience of people with low vision using real-time image processing techniques. The system offers five enhancement methods — magnification, contr…
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Understanding Low Vision Graphical Perception of Bar Charts
This paper investigates how low-vision users who rely on screen magnifiers perceive and interact with bar charts, addressing a significant gap in data visualization accessibility research. While studies on chart perception have extensively examined s…
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Dude, Where's My Luggage? An Autoethnographic Account of Airport Navigation by a Traveler with Residual Vision
This paper presents an autoethnographic study of airport navigation by a legally blind traveler with residual vision, conducted across eight round-trips through six U.S. airports. The first author, Cameron, who has Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy r…