Literature Reviews

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

• Rethinking Productivity with GenAI: A Neurodivergent Students' Perspective

  Hira Jamshed, Mustafa Naseem, Venkatesh Potluri, Robin N. Brewer (2025) — Proceedings of the 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '25)

  This qualitative study examines how 19 neurodivergent university students (including those with ADHD, autism, OCD, dysgraphia, and auditory processing disorder) use LLM-based generative AI tools like ChatGPT in their academic work. Through semi-struc…

  • neurodiversity
  • generative AI
  • cognitive accessibility
  • higher education
  • disability studies
  • qualitative research
  • crip time
  • executive function

• From Cluttered to Clear: Improving the Web Accessibility Design for Screen Reader Users in E-commerce With Generative AI

  Yaman Yu, Bektur Ryskeldiev, Ayaka Tsutsui, Matthew Gillingham, Yang Wang (2025) — ASSETS '25: Proceedings of the 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper explores how Generative AI (GenAI) can be used to automatically restructure the HTML of shopping websites to improve accessibility for screen reader users. Blind and low vision users face persistent barriers on e-commerce sites — complex l…

  • screen readers
  • web accessibility
  • generative AI
  • e-commerce
  • blind and low vision
  • HTML structure
  • automated remediation

• MAIDR Meets AI: Exploring Multimodal LLM-Based Data Visualization Interpretation by and with Blind and Low-Vision Users

  JooYoung Seo, Sanchita S. Kamath, Aziz Zeidieh, Saairam Venkatesh, Sean McCurry (2024) — ASSETS '24: Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper investigates how blind and low-vision (BLV) users interact with large language models to interpret data visualizations, building on the authors' previously developed MAIDR (Multimodal Access and Interactive Data Representation) framework. …

  • blind and low vision
  • data visualization
  • large language models
  • generative AI
  • sonification
  • screen readers
  • multimodal interaction
  • prompt engineering
  • accessibility

• EditScribe: Non-Visual Image Editing with Natural Language Verification Loops

  Ruei-Che Chang, Yuxuan Liu, Lotus Zhang, Anhong Guo (2024) — ASSETS '24: Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper introduces EditScribe, a prototype system that makes image editing accessible to blind and low vision (BLV) users through natural language interaction powered by large multimodal models (LMMs). Image editing is inherently visual and iterat…

  • blind and low vision
  • image editing
  • generative AI
  • large multimodal models
  • natural language interaction
  • creativity support
  • visual authoring
  • non-visual interaction

• Exploring Older Adults' Reminiscing with ChatGPT and Text-to-Image Technology

  Yuxiang Zhai, Jiawen Zhang, Jihong Jeung (2024) — Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '24)

  This short paper explores the potential of generative AI technologies — specifically ChatGPT for conversational elicitation and text-to-image generation (DALL-E) — as tools to support reminiscence storytelling by older adults. Reminiscence, the act o…

  • older adults
  • generative AI
  • reminiscence therapy
  • well-being
  • storytelling
  • text-to-image
  • conversational AI

• Painting with Cameras and Drawing with Text: AI Use in Accessible Creativity

  Cynthia L. Bennett, Renee Shelby, Negar Rostamzadeh, Shaun K. Kane (2024) — Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '24)

  This paper explores how disabled creatives intentionally use and choose not to use generative AI (GAI) tools in their artistic practices. Through interviews with 10 creatives with disabilities — whose work spans audio engineering, leathercraft, visua…

  • generative AI
  • creativity
  • disability
  • responsible AI
  • access hacks
  • crip technoscience
  • blind and low vision
  • motor impairment