Literature Reviews

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

• Mining Web Interactions to Automatically Create Mash-Ups

  Jeffrey P. Bigham, Ryan S. Kaminsky, Jeffrey Nichols (2009) — Proceedings of the 22nd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2009)

  This paper introduces TX2, a Firefox browser extension that automatically creates meta-search mash-ups by mining the web interactions of multiple users to discover relationships between query forms on different websites. The deep web — information ac…

  • web accessibility
  • web development
  • information retrieval
  • end-user programming
  • personalization
  • user interface design

• People with Visual Impairment Training Personal Object Recognizers: Feasibility and Challenges

  Hernisa Kacorri, Kris M. Kitani, Jeffrey P. Bigham, Chieko Asakawa (2017) — CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

  This paper explores whether people with visual impairments can train their own personalized object recognition systems using a smartphone camera and a small number of example photos. The authors address a fundamental limitation of existing object rec…

  • object recognition
  • computer vision
  • blindness
  • transfer learning
  • personalization
  • machine learning
  • assistive technology
  • mobile accessibility

• NoTeeline: Supporting Real-Time, Personalized Notetaking with LLM-Enhanced Micronotes

  Faria Huq, Abdus Samee, David Chuan-En Lin, Alice Xiaodi Tang, Jeffrey P. Bigham (2025) — Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI '25)

  This paper introduces NoTeeline, an interactive notetaking tool that uses LLMs to expand user-written "micronotes" — brief shorthand jottings like "plastic pol. ->" or "RNNs are unrolled l to r or opp" — into full-fledged notes that maintain the user…

  • large language models
  • writing assistance
  • personalization
  • notetaking
  • cognitive load
  • education
  • video accessibility
  • user agency

• Situation-Specific Models of Color Differentiation

  David R. Flatla, Carl Gutwin (2012) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This paper introduces Situation-Specific Modeling (SSM), a fundamentally different approach to helping users with color vision deficiency (CVD) differentiate colors in digital interfaces. Traditional recoloring tools rely on theoretical models of dic…

  • color vision deficiency
  • color blindness
  • recoloring
  • visualization
  • personalization
  • low vision
  • assistive technology

• Personalized Assistive Web for Improving Mobile Web Browsing and Accessibility for Visually Impaired Users

  Dongsong Zhang, Lina Zhou, Judith O. Uchidiuno, Isil Y. Kilic (2017) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This paper addresses a critical gap in mobile web accessibility: while screen readers enable blind users to access web content, they do not effectively support skimming—the ability to quickly scan content to find relevant information. The authors pro…

  • mobile accessibility
  • screen readers
  • web adaptation
  • personalization
  • blindness
  • information retrieval

• Computer Vision-based Methodology to Support AAC

  Rúbia Eliza de Oliveira Schultz Ascari, Roberto Pereira, Luciano Silva (2020) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This paper presents a methodology for supporting augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) through personalized gestural interaction using computer vision and machine learning. The authors developed the PGCA (Personal Gesture Communication Ass…

  • AAC
  • augmentative and alternative communication
  • computer vision
  • machine learning
  • gesture recognition
  • cerebral palsy
  • motor impairment
  • speech impairment
  • personalization

• How 3D Virtual Humans Built by Adolescents with ASD Affect Their 3D Interactions

  Chao Mei, Lee Mason, John Quarles (2015) — ASSETS '15: Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility

  This research investigates whether allowing adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to customize the appearance of virtual humans in a 3D training game improves their interaction performance and user experience. The authors developed "Imagina…

  • autism spectrum disorder
  • virtual reality
  • customization
  • hand-eye coordination
  • training games
  • 3D user interfaces
  • adolescents
  • motor skills
  • personalization
  • virtual humans

• Online News Videos: The UX of Subtitle Position

  Michael Crabb, Rhianne Jones, Mike Armstrong, Chris J. Hughes (2015) — ASSETS '15: Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility

  This BBC-funded research investigates whether repositioning subtitles from their traditional placement within a video to below the video frame improves user experience for online news content. The study addresses a gap in captioning research: while t…

  • subtitles
  • captions
  • deaf accessibility
  • user experience
  • video accessibility
  • personalization
  • online media
  • web video
  • hearing impairment

• A Personalizable Mobile Sound Detector App Design for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Users

  Danielle Bragg, Nicholas Huynh, Richard E. Ladner (2016) — Proceedings of the 18th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '16)

  This paper presents the design and evaluation of a personalizable mobile phone app that detects sounds of interest to deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) users by learning from training examples recorded by the user themselves. Unlike existing commercial …

  • deaf and hard of hearing
  • mobile accessibility
  • machine learning
  • sound detection
  • personalization
  • assistive technology
  • user research

• A Tool for Capturing Essential Preferences

  Dana Ayotte, Michelle Brennan, Nancy Frishberg, Cynthia Jimes, Lisa Petrides, Whitney Quesenbery, Madeleine Rothberg, Rich Schwerdtfeger, Jim Tobias, Jutta Treviranus, Shari Trewin, Gregg C. Vanderheiden (2016) — Proceedings of the 18th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '16)

  This demonstration paper presents the First Discovery Tool, a multimodal web-based application designed to help people discover and set essential accessibility preferences — such as large fonts, high contrast, speech output, or one-handed keyboard us…

  • personalization
  • accessibility tools
  • aging
  • education
  • inclusive design
  • digital literacy
  • user interface design
  • universal design