Literature Reviews

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

• PLACES: A Framework for Supporting Blind and Partially Sighted People in Outdoor Leisure Activities

  Maryam Bandukda, Catherine Holloway, Aneesha Singh, Nadia Berthouze (2020) — Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '20)

  This paper investigates the experiences and needs of blind and partially sighted people (BPSP) when engaging in outdoor leisure activities, particularly visiting parks and natural environments. The researchers conducted a multi-method qualitative stu…

  • blindness
  • outdoor accessibility
  • wayfinding
  • leisure
  • navigation
  • participatory design
  • wellbeing
  • multisensory experience

• Web-ALAP: A Web-based LaTeX Editor for Blind Individuals

  Safa Arooj, Shaban Zulfiqar, Muhammad Qasim Hunain, Suleman Shahid, Asim Karim (2020) — Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '20)

  This paper presents Web-ALAP (Web-Accessible LaTeX-based Authoring and Presentation), an open-source, web-based LaTeX editor designed specifically for blind and visually impaired users. The system addresses a critical gap in STEM accessibility: while…

  • blindness
  • STEM accessibility
  • mathematics accessibility
  • screen readers
  • web accessibility
  • text-to-speech
  • education accessibility

• How Blind and Visually Impaired Composers, Producers, and Songwriters Leverage and Adapt Music Technology

  William Christopher Payne, Alex Yixuan Xu, Fabiha Ahmed, Lisa Ye, Amy Hurst (2020) — Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '20)

  This qualitative interview study explores how 11 blind and visually impaired music creators — composers, producers, and songwriters — use and adapt mainstream and assistive music technologies to achieve their creative goals. The researchers recruited…

  • blindness
  • music accessibility
  • assistive technology
  • screen readers
  • creative accessibility
  • inclusive design
  • braille music

• Haptic and Auditive Mesh Inspection for Blind 3D Modelers

  Sebastian Lieb, Benjamin Rosenmeier, Thorsten Thormählen, Knut Buettner (2020) — Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '20)

  This paper presents an affordable audio-haptic system that enables blind and severely visually impaired people to independently inspect 3D mesh objects they create using constructive geometry programming languages like OpenSCAD. Blind 3D modelers typ…

  • blindness
  • haptic feedback
  • 3D modeling
  • auditory feedback
  • assistive technology
  • constructive geometry
  • multimodal interaction

• Haptic and Auditive Mesh Inspection for Blind 3D Modelers

  Sebastian Lieb, Benjamin Rosenmeier, Thorsten Thormählen, Knut Buettner (2020) — Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This paper addresses a critical gap in accessible 3D modeling for blind users. While constructive geometry programming languages like OpenSCAD allow blind modelers to write text-based code to create 3D objects (accessible via screen readers and brail…

  • blindness
  • 3D modeling
  • haptic technology
  • sonification
  • 3D printing
  • STEM accessibility
  • creative accessibility

• Chat in the Hat: A Portable Interpreter for Sign Language Users

  Larwan Berke, William Thies, Danielle Bragg (2020) — Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This paper addresses a fundamental limitation of Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) sign language users: existing smartphone-based VRI requires the DHH person to either hold the phone with one hand (reducing signing to…

  • deaf and hard of hearing
  • sign language
  • video remote interpreting
  • augmented reality
  • workplace accessibility
  • wearable technology
  • ASL

• Supporting Selfie Editing Experiences for People with Visual Impairments

  Soobin Park (2020) — Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This short paper investigates the selfie editing experiences and desires of people with visual impairments (PVI), a topic largely overlooked despite research showing that PVI actively participate in social media and photo sharing. The study has two p…

  • visual impairment
  • social media accessibility
  • photo editing
  • voice interface
  • blindness
  • augmented reality
  • mobile accessibility

• Breaking Boundaries with Live Transcribe: Expanding Use Cases Beyond Standard Captioning Scenarios

  Fernando Loizides, Sara Basson, Dimitri Kanevsky, Olga Prilepova, Sagar Savla, Susanna Zaraysky (2020) — Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This short paper catalogs non-traditional, serendipitous uses of Google's Live Transcribe, a free Android application that provides real-time speech-to-text transcription in over 80 languages. The authors — a mix of Google developers, researchers, an…

  • automatic speech recognition
  • deaf and hard of hearing
  • captioning
  • speech to text
  • COVID-19
  • communication accessibility
  • mobile accessibility

• Living Disability Theory: Reflections on Access, Research, and Design

  Megan Hofmann, Devva Kasnitz, Jennifer Mankoff, Cynthia L. Bennett (2020) — Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This paper presents a reflexive autoethnographic analysis by three accessibility researchers (Hofmann, Mankoff, Bennett) and one disability studies scholar (Kasnitz), all of whom are disabled, examining how their lived experiences of disability inter…

  • disability studies
  • ableism
  • autoethnography
  • disability theory
  • accessibility research
  • chronic illness
  • invisible disability
  • intersectionality
  • critical theory

• Comparison of Methods for Teaching Accessibility in University Computing Courses

  Qiwen Zhao, Vaishnavi Mande, Paula Conn, Sedeeq Al-khazraji, Kristen Shinohara, Stephanie Ludi, Matt Huenerfauth (2020) — Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This paper presents the first controlled, longitudinal comparison of methods for teaching accessibility in university computing programs. Conducted over four years (2016-2020) at Rochester Institute of Technology, the study involved 29 sections of a …

  • accessibility education
  • computing education
  • pedagogy
  • curriculum design
  • longitudinal study
  • human-computer interaction