Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
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A Software Model to Support Collaborative Mathematical Work between Braille and Sighted Users
This paper presents the software model behind the MaWEn (Mathematical Working Environment) project, a long-term collaboration between Johannes Kepler Universität Linz and Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris. The project addresses a fundamental …
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Evaluating American Sign Language Generation Through the Participation of Native ASL Signers
This paper addresses the challenge of generating animations of American Sign Language (ASL) sentences, focusing specifically on classifier predicates — complex spatial constructions that describe the location, movement, size, and shape of objects. Wh…
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MobileASL: Intelligibility of Sign Language Video as Constrained by Mobile Phone Technology
This paper presents MobileASL, a video compression research project aimed at enabling Deaf people to communicate in American Sign Language (ASL) over mobile phone networks. In 2006, Deaf people in the US were limited to text messaging on mobile phone…
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Learning and Perceiving Colors Haptically
This paper presents a novel system for enabling blind individuals to learn, perceive, and compare colours through haptic (touch-based) feedback. Colour is a purely visual feature that cannot be perceived through auditory or olfactory senses, yet it p…
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Dynamically Adapting GUIs to Diverse Input Devices
This paper presents an analysis framework and demonstration tool (Input Adapter Tool, IAT) for automatically modifying desktop application interfaces to accommodate alternative input devices. Most GUI applications assume keyboard and mouse input, cre…
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Networked Reminiscence Therapy for Individuals with Dementia by Using Photo and Video Sharing
This paper presents a networked reminiscence therapy system that enables remote delivery of therapy to people with dementia using IP videophones combined with web-based photo and video sharing. Reminiscence therapy — where a therapist uses photos, ob…
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The Vocal Joystick: Evaluation of Voice-based Cursor Control Techniques
This paper presents the Vocal Joystick, a system that enables continuous mouse cursor control through vocal parameters — specifically vowel quality, loudness, and pitch. Unlike traditional speech recognition systems that process discrete commands ("m…
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A Cisco Education Tool Accessible to the Vision Impaired
This paper describes iNetSim, a universally accessible network simulator developed at Curtin University of Technology to allow vision-impaired and sighted students to complete Cisco Certified Network Associate level 2 (CCNA 2) laboratory sessions. Th…
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Automatically Generating Custom User Interfaces for Users with Physical Disabilities
This paper presents SUPPLE, a system that automatically generates custom graphical user interfaces tailored to individual users' physical capabilities. Standard desktop GUIs are optimised for typical users interacting via keyboard, mouse, and standar…
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Linux Screen Reader: Extensible Assistive Technology
This paper presents the Linux Screen Reader (LSR), an open source project from IBM that aimed to create a reusable, extensible development platform for building alternative and supplemental user interfaces on the GNOME desktop environment. Unlike con…