Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
77 results found tagged haptic feedback.
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Towards the Development of Haptic-Based Interface for Teaching Visually Impaired Arabic Handwriting
This poster paper introduces an initial haptic-based system for teaching Arabic letter handwriting to students with visual impairments. Handwriting requires coordination of vision and hand movement, making it particularly challenging for visually imp…
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PlatMult: A Multisensory Platform with Web Accessibility Features for Low Vision Users
This poster paper presents PlatMult, an integrated hardware and software platform that combines three sensory modalities — visual, auditory, and tactile — to improve web accessibility for low vision users. The authors note that screen magnifiers, the…
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UbiBraille: Designing and Evaluating a Vibrotactile Braille-Reading Device
This paper presents UbiBraille, a wearable vibrotactile device that enables blind users to read textual information privately and inconspicuously by leveraging their existing knowledge of Braille. The device consists of six small vibration motors att…
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VBGhost: A Braille-Based Educational Smartphone Game for Children
This short paper presents VBGhost, an accessible educational smartphone game for blind and low vision children that reinforces Braille literacy through gameplay. The game is based on Ghost, a word-building game where players take turns adding letters…
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Supporting Blind Photography
This paper explores how blind and low-vision people use cameras and presents two applications designed to make photography more accessible. The research begins with a large-scale online survey of 118 blind and low-vision people that establishes the e…
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M.I.D.A.S. Touch: Magnetic Interactive Device for Alternative Sight through Touch
This demonstration paper presents MIDAS Touch (Magnetic Interactive Device for Alternative Sight through Touch), a novel free-space haptic interface that allows visually impaired users to feel and create digital drawings without physical contact with…
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Evaluation of Non-Visual Panning Operations Using Touch-Screen Devices
This demonstration paper addresses a critical challenge in non-visual access to graphical information on touchscreens: how to pan across large-format graphics (maps, floor plans) without losing spatial orientation. The authors built on their Vibro-Au…
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BraillePlay: Educational Smartphone Games for Blind Children
This paper presents BraillePlay, a suite of four educational smartphone games designed to teach Braille character encodings to blind children aged 5 and older. The games are built on VBraille, a method for displaying Braille characters on a touchscre…
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Designing a Text Entry Multimodal Keypad for Blind Users of Touchscreen Mobile Phones
This paper presents MTITK (Multimodal Text Input Touchscreen Keypad), a software-only text entry system for blind users of touchscreen phones that combines the familiar 12-key telephone keypad layout with multimodal audio-tactile feedback. The work i…
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The Blind Driver Challenge: Steering Using Haptic Cues
This paper presents a haptic steering interface that enables blind individuals to steer a vehicle on a track using vibrotactile cues, addressing the National Federation of the Blind's 2004 "Blind Driver Challenge." While self-driving vehicles could t…