Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
749 results found tagged assistive technology.
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TactBack: VibroTactile braille output using smartphone and smartwatch for visually impaired
This extended abstract presents TactBack, a system that uses vibration patterns on off-the-shelf smartphones and smartwatches to convey braille characters haptically. The system was motivated by the limitations of audio-based screen reader feedback (…
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AudioDraw: User Preferences in Non-Visual Diagram Drawing for Touchscreens
This paper investigates how people who are blind can independently create visual diagrams on touchscreen tablets, addressing a significant gap in accessibility. Diagram-building features in productivity tools like MS Word, PowerPoint, and UML editors…
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NavCog: Turn-by-Turn Smartphone Navigation Assistant for People with Visual Impairments or Blindness
This extended abstract presents NavCog, an open-source iOS smartphone navigation system designed to assist people with visual impairments or blindness in navigating complex indoor and outdoor environments. While many blind people can independently tr…
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Able to Read My Mail: An Accessible e-Mail Client with Assistive Technology
This paper presents Kolumba, an accessible web-based email client developed as part of the EU-funded Able to Include project, specifically designed for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD). The tool addresses a critical gap in…
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GazeTheWeb: A Gaze-Controlled Web Browser
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…
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Web Standards to Enable an Accessible and Inclusive Internet of Things (IoT)
Written by three W3C staff members, this paper argues that the Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to disproportionately benefit people with disabilities — but only if accessibility is built in from the start. The authors examine IoT across th…
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Assessment of Semantic Taxonomies for Blind Indoor Navigation Based on a Shopping Center Use Case
This paper investigates what environmental information is needed to support effective indoor navigation for visually impaired people, and whether existing geographic data specifications provide adequate semantic vocabularies for this purpose. The res…
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Sensory Glasses for the Visually Impaired
This demonstration paper presents the design and development of a low-cost wearable assistive device — sensory glasses — intended to help visually impaired people navigate their surroundings. The device addresses a well-known limitation of the tradit…
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Making Real-World Interfaces Accessible Through Crowdsourcing, Computer Vision, and Fabrication
This demonstration paper presents two complementary systems designed to make inaccessible physical interfaces usable by blind people: VizLens and Facade. The research addresses a fundamental and long-standing accessibility problem — the vast majority…
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Subjective Evaluation of Website Accessibility and Usability: A Survey for People with Sensory Disabilities
This paper presents a novel subjective evaluation model for assessing web accessibility and usability from the perspective of students with sensory disabilities, applied to Australian university websites. The model integrates accessibility criteria f…