Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
14 results found tagged GUI accessibility.
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An experimental sound-based hierarchical menu navigation system for visually handicapped use of graphical user interfaces
This paper addresses the accessibility crisis created by the shift from character-based computer interfaces to graphical user interfaces (GUIs) in the early 1990s. The authors note that earlier text-based systems were well-served by assistive technol…
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Screen Reader/2: Access to OS/2 and the Graphical User Interface
This paper describes IBM Screen Reader/2, a screen access system that enabled blind users to interact with the OS/2 graphical user interface (GUI), Windows programs running under OS/2, and text-mode DOS and OS/2 programs. The system evolved from near…
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Interface modeling issues in providing access to GUIs for the visually impaired (panel session)
This Assets '94 panel session brought together three leading researchers to discuss the fundamental challenge of making graphical user interfaces accessible to blind and visually impaired users. By 1994, the computing world was rapidly transitioning …
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Automatically Generating and Improving Voice Command Interface from Operation Sequences on Smartphones
This paper presents AutoVCI, a system that automatically generates voice command interfaces (VCIs) for smartphone tasks from recorded touch operation sequences, enabling hands-free and eyes-free interaction without requiring programming expertise, co…