Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
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Deaf and Hard of Hearing Access to Intelligent Personal Assistants: Comparison of Voice-Based Options with an LLM-Powered Touch Interface
This mixed-methods study compares three input methods for Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) people who use their voice to interact with an Amazon Echo Show: (1) natural deaf-accented speech via Alexa's built-in ASR, (2) Wizard-of-Oz 'facilitated English…
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AuslanSpell: An Interactive Technology for Improving Auslan Fingerspelling Comprehension
AuslanSpell is an interactive learning tool that converts arbitrary English text into 3D motion-captured animations of Australian Sign Language (Auslan) fingerspelling, targeting hearing learners who struggle with the hardest part of sign-language le…
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SoundWeAR: Co-Designing AR Sound Cues to Support Outdoor Awareness for DHH Individuals
SoundWeAR investigates how augmented-reality glasses can translate environmental sound into visual cues that support the situational awareness of Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) people in outdoor settings - a context prior work has largely neglected i…
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Co-Design of Technology with and for People with Intellectual Disabilities: A Scoping Review of Methods and Inclusion Strategies
This scoping review examines how people with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) and their support networks have been involved in the co-design of technology, addressing a persistent gap: despite HCI's growing emphasis on inclusive design, people with ID …
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Beyond the Manual: Mapping Peer-Generated Content about Wheelchair Care and Adaptation on YouTube
This CHI 2026 paper presents a content analysis of 290 YouTube videos (from 194 unique channels, 8,629 initial results narrowed via inclusion/exclusion) and 800 sampled comments from a total 10,781 harvested, examining how wheelchair users and their …
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Fluid Independence: Powered Wheelchair Users' Perspectives on Autonomy, Care, and Assistive Technology
This CHI 2026 paper reports a large qualitative study of 55 powered-wheelchair users (PWUs) across ten U.S. states, using 45-minute semi-structured interviews and Braun-and-Clarke thematic analysis to examine how independence is experienced, negotiat…
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As Content and Layout Co-Evolve: TangibleSite for Scaffolding Blind People's Webpage Design through Multimodal Interaction
This CHI 2026 paper investigates how blind designers can author webpages end-to-end — generating content and arranging layout iteratively — rather than being limited to either content entry or layout inspection. The authors ran two rounds of co-desig…
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Not Seeing the Whole Picture: Challenges and Opportunities in Using AI for Co-Making Physical, DIY-AT for People with Visual Impairments
This CHI 2026 paper explores whether an LLM-based conversational agent can act as a co-making partner — not just a visual aid — when people with visual impairments (PVI) build their own physical assistive technology. The authors extended their prior …
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I'm Always a Little Skeptical of It: Verification Practices of Blind Users When Working with Generative AI in Spreadsheets
This CHI 2026 paper reports a remote study with 12 blind screen reader users (11 totally blind, 1 legally blind) examining how they verify outputs produced by Generative AI tools when working on accuracy-critical spreadsheet tasks. Spreadsheets are p…
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Beyond Technical Metrics: Understanding the Gap Between AI Performance and Deaf User Experience in Chinese Natural Sign Language Generation
This CHI 2026 paper investigates the disconnect between technical performance metrics and actual Deaf user experience in AI-generated Chinese Natural Sign Language (CNSL). The authors argue that existing sign language generation research, dominated b…