Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
749 results found tagged assistive technology.
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ZigAlert: A ZigBee Alert for Toileting Training Children with Developmental Delay in a Public School Setting
This short paper presents ZigAlert, a wireless sensor network system based on ZigBee technology designed to assist with toilet training for children with severe developmental delays in a public school setting. The system addresses a practical challen…
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Disability Studies as a Source of Critical Inquiry for the Field of Assistive Technology
This keynote-style paper argues that the assistive technology (AT) research community should draw more deeply from disability studies scholarship to improve both the problems it chooses to address and its research methods. The authors — two of whom i…
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Autonomous Navigation through the City for the Blind
This paper presents a study on the use of an audio-based GPS navigation application designed to help blind people navigate independently through urban environments. The software, developed for PocketPC devices with Bluetooth GPS receivers, uses a clo…
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Field Evaluation of a Collaborative Memory Aid for Persons with Amnesia and Their Family Members
This paper presents Family-Link, a collaborative memory aid designed through participatory design with people with amnesia (PwAs) and their families. The system was built as a shared calendar running on Palm Treo smartphones that synchronised events …
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Using Accessible Math Textbooks with Students Who Have Learning Disabilities
This paper reports results from Project SMART (Supported Math Accessibility Reading Tool), a classroom study conducted at the University of Kentucky with 48 eighth grade students who had learning disabilities. The project provided digital versions of…
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EPG: Speech Access to Program Guides for People with Disabilities
This demo paper from AT&T Labs Research presents an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) prototype that uses speech input and text-to-speech output to make television listing navigation accessible to people with visual disabilities or limited hand mobility…
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LocalEyes: Accessible GPS and Points of Interest
This student research paper presents LocalEyes, an open-source Android application that provides accessible GPS and points-of-interest information for blind and low-vision users. The authors identify that existing accessible GPS devices like the Trek…
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Head-Guided Wheelchair Control System
This student research paper presents a system that allows individuals without hand use to control a motorized wheelchair through simple head movements. The author identifies that existing alternative wheelchair control methods — such as sip-and-puff …
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Joystick Text Entry with Word Prediction for People with Motor Impairments
This short paper presents a joystick-based text entry system enhanced with word completion and next word prediction, designed for people with motor impairments who cannot use conventional keyboards and mice. Existing joystick text entry methods — typ…
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Detecting Objects and Obstacles for Visually Impaired Individuals Using Visual Saliency
This demo paper presents the detection module of See ColOr (Seeing Colors with an Orchestra), a mobility aid for visually impaired people developed at the University of Geneva. See ColOr transforms visual information from the environment into musical…