Literature Reviews

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

• Playing Music with the Head

  Emeline Brulé (2016) — Proceedings of the 18th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '16)

  This short paper describes the co-design process leading to an open source music-playing software for M., a person living with severe motor, dexterity, and speech impairments in a nursing home in France. The system uses an infrared camera mounted on …

  • music accessibility
  • motor disability
  • co-design
  • participatory design
  • DIY assistive technology
  • open source
  • alternative input
  • creative arts
  • head tracking

• OnScreenDualScribe with Point-and-Click Interface: A Viable Computer Interaction Alternative based on a Virtual Modified Numerical Keypad

  Kavita Krishnaswamy, Patricia Ordóñez, Phillip Beckerle, Stephan Rinderknecht, Torsten Felzer (2016) — Proceedings of the 18th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '16)

  This paper presents a first-person evaluation of the OnScreenDualScribe (OSDS) Point-and-Click Interface, a virtual keyboard designed for people who cannot use a standard keyboard or mouse effectively. The first author, who has Spinal Muscular Atroph…

  • text entry
  • motor disability
  • virtual keyboard
  • assistive technology
  • word prediction
  • spinal muscular atrophy
  • input methods
  • alternative input

• An Exploratory Case Study to Support Young Children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)

  Sheng Miao, Ziying Tang, Jinjuan Heidi Feng, Amanda Jozkowski, Molly Lichtenwalner (2017) — Proceedings of the 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '17)

  This demonstration paper presents a case study exploring input solutions for very young children with Type I Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), the most severe form of a neurodegenerative disease that causes degeneration of spinal cord motor neurons, ske…

  • spinal muscular atrophy
  • motor disability
  • alternative input
  • sensors
  • young children
  • assistive technology
  • environmental control
  • case study

• Gaze Typing using Multi-key Selection Technique

  Tanya Bafna (2018) — Proceedings of the 20th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '18)

  This student research competition paper presents a multi-key selection technique for gaze typing that significantly speeds up text input for people with extreme motor disabilities such as full body paralysis. Traditional gaze typing uses dwell time —…

  • eye tracking
  • gaze interaction
  • text entry
  • motor disability
  • paralysis
  • dwell click
  • alternative input
  • communication
  • locked-in syndrome

• Simulation of Motor Impairment in Head-Controlled Pointer Fitts' Law Task

  Syed Asad Rizvi, Ella Tuson, Breanna Desrochers, John Magee (2018) — Proceedings of the 20th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '18)

  This poster paper proposes simulating motor impairments in a head-controlled mouse pointer system (Camera Mouse) to address the challenge that participants with motor impairments are not always available for accessibility research or software develop…

  • motor impairment
  • simulation
  • head tracking
  • alternative input
  • Fitts' law
  • camera mouse
  • usability testing
  • ability-based design
  • pointing devices

• EEG as a means of communication: preliminary experiments in EEG analysis using neural networks

  Charles W. Anderson, Saikumar V. Devulapalli, Erik A. Stolz (1994) — Proceedings of the First Annual ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies (Assets '94)

  This paper explores the use of electroencephalography (EEG) as a communication channel for paralyzed individuals, representing early brain-computer interface (BCI) research. The core premise is that if distinct mental states can be reliably identifie…

  • brain-computer interface
  • electroencephalography
  • neural network
  • machine learning
  • paralysis
  • assistive technology
  • pattern recognition
  • alternative input

• GazeTheWeb: A Gaze-Controlled Web Browser

  Raphael Menges, Chandan Kumar, Daniel Müller, Korok Sengupta (2017) — Proceedings of the 14th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This demonstration paper presents GazeTheWeb, an open-source web browser designed to be operated entirely through eye gaze input, targeting people with severe motor impairments who cannot use conventional mouse and keyboard input. Built on the Chromi…

  • eye tracking
  • gaze interaction
  • web browser
  • motor impairment
  • assistive technology
  • alternative input

• Parallel DOM Architecture for Accessible Interactive Simulations

  Taliesin L. Smith, Jesse Greenberg, Sam Reid, Emily B. Moore (2018) — Proceedings of the 15th International Web for All Conference (W4A 2018)

  This paper presents the Parallel DOM (PDOM) architecture developed by the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder to make their suite of 140+ free science and mathematics simulations accessible to students with visu…

  • web accessibility
  • interactive simulations
  • screen readers
  • keyboard accessibility
  • WAI-ARIA
  • STEM accessibility
  • visual impairment
  • PhET
  • DOM
  • scene graph
  • alternative input

• Designing and Evaluating Head-based Pointing on Smartphones for People with Motor Impairments

  Muratcan Cicek, Ankit Dave, Wenxin Feng, Michael Xuelin Huang, Julia Katherine Haines, Jeffry Nichols (2020) — Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '20)

  This paper presents a calibration-free head-based pointing (HBP) system for Android smartphones that uses the standard front-facing camera to enable people with motor impairments to control an on-screen cursor through head movements. The system was d…

  • motor accessibility
  • head tracking
  • alternative input
  • mobile accessibility
  • Fitts law
  • computer vision
  • assistive technology