Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• Automatically Generating Tailored Accessible User Interfaces for Ubiquitous Services

  Julio Abascal, Amaia Aizpurua, Idoia Cearreta, Borja Gamecho, Nestor Garay-Vitoria, Raúl Miñón (2011) — Proceedings of the 13th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2011)

  This paper presents EGOKI, a system that automatically generates tailored accessible user interfaces for ubiquitous services based on individual user capabilities. In ubiquitous computing environments, people access services like information kiosks, …

  • adaptive interfaces
  • automatic interface generation
  • ubiquitous computing
  • ambient assisted living
  • user modeling
  • blindness
  • low vision
  • motor impairment
  • cognitive disability
  • ontology

• Access and Empowerment: Commentary on "Computers and People with Disabilities"

  Richard E. Ladner (2008) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS)

  Richard Ladner offers an optimistic assessment of progress since Glinert and York's 1992 call-to-arms, emphasizing how market forces—not just legal mandates—have driven accessibility improvements. With 16% of the U.S. population disabled and 10% of t…

  • universal design
  • ubiquitous computing
  • web accessibility
  • user empowerment
  • accessibility history
  • user-centered design

• Sense and Accessibility: Understanding People with Physical Disabilities' Experiences with Sensing Systems

  Shaun K. Kane, Anhong Guo, Meredith Ringel Morris (2020) — Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2020)

  This paper examines how sensing systems — the increasingly pervasive technologies that mediate our interactions with the digital and physical world — create accessibility barriers for people with physical disabilities. Through an online survey of 40 …

  • physical disability
  • AI bias
  • AI fairness
  • sensors
  • ubiquitous computing
  • inclusive design
  • accessibility barriers
  • biometric authentication
  • digital divide
  • Internet of Things