Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
112 results found tagged wearable technology.
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BBeep: A Sonic Collision Avoidance System for Blind Travellers and Nearby Pedestrians
This paper presents BBeep, an assistive suitcase-shaped system designed to help blind travellers navigate crowded public spaces such as international airports, train stations, and shopping malls. The authors argue that existing blind-navigation resea…
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Eyes on the Palm: Investigating a Ring-Shaped Camera for Seamless Accessible Tactile Exploration
Tsutsui and colleagues ask how the form factor of a camera-based assistive device shapes the way blind and low-vision (BLV) users coordinate their hands during tactile exploration of real museum exhibits. Smartphone apps such as Seeing AI and Be My A…
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A Demonstration of the iCARE Portable Reader
This paper presents the portable iCARE Reader, an assistive device developed at Arizona State University that allows people who are blind or visually impaired to read printed text more naturally and conveniently than existing flatbed scanner-based re…
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iCARE Interaction Assistant: A Wearable Face Recognition System for Individuals with Visual Impairments
This paper presents the iCARE Interaction Assistant, a wearable assistive device designed to facilitate social interactions for people who are blind or visually impaired by recognizing faces in their vicinity. The system was motivated by input from f…
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Wearable Interfaces for Orientation and Wayfinding
This paper from the Atlanta VA Rehabilitation R&D Center presents the development and evaluation of three wearable orientation interfaces designed to help people with severe visual impairment maintain spatial orientation while navigating, with street…
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A Phoneme Probability Display for Individuals with Hearing Disabilities
This paper from MIT Media Lab presents a speech-to-visual-display system designed to aid individuals with hearing impairments by converting continuous speech into an animated graphical representation of phoneme probabilities. Rather than attempting t…
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Low-Cost Accelerometry-Based Posture Monitoring System for Stroke Survivors
This paper from the University of California Santa Cruz reports a low-cost wearable posture monitoring system for stroke survivors, costing approximately $100 for the full prototype. Stroke patients are believed to benefit from maintaining good postu…
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Technology for Just-in-Time In-Situ Learning of Facial Affect for Persons Diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
This MIT Media Lab paper presents a wearable technology system designed to help adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) learn to recognize and interpret facial expressions during real-time social interactions with their everyday companions. …
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Sensation Augmentation to Relieve Pressure Sore Formation in Wheelchair Users
This paper presents SoreStop, an Arduino-based sensory augmentation device designed to prevent pressure sore formation in wheelchair users with spinal cord injuries. Pressure sores (decubitus ulcers) are a major cause of injury and death among patien…
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Providing Haptic Feedback Using the Kinect
This poster paper presents a system that combines the Microsoft Kinect depth camera with a custom haptic glove to provide spatial awareness to people who are blind or visually impaired. The research addresses a gap in existing mobility aids: while ca…