Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
61 results found tagged accessibility.
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Designing Mobile Persuasive Technology to Promote Mental Healthcare in Developing African Nations
This doctoral consortium paper explores how mobile persuasive technology can be designed to promote positive mental healthcare behaviors in developing African nations, with Nigeria as the primary focus. The author identifies a critical gap: while mob…
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At a Different Pace: Evaluating Whether Users Prefer Timing Parameters in American Sign Language Animations to Differ from Human Signers' Timing
This paper investigates whether deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) ASL signers actually prefer sign language animations with timing parameters that match human signers, or whether they prefer some form of exaggeration for additional clarity. Adding ASL a…
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WearSkill: Personalized and Interchangeable Input with Wearables for Users with Motor Impairments
This paper introduces WearSkill, a web-based application designed to provide personalized and interchangeable input for wearable computing, with a specific focus on users with motor impairments. The system addresses a fundamental challenge in wearabl…
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The Eyes Have It: Visual Feedback Methods to Make Walking in Immersive Virtual Reality More Accessible for People With Mobility Impairments While Utilizing Head-Mounted Displays
This paper addresses a critical accessibility barrier in VR: head-mounted displays (HMDs) obstruct peripheral vision of the real world, causing gait disturbances that are particularly dangerous for people with mobility impairments who rely on visual …
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An Autoethnographic Case Study of Generative Artificial Intelligence's Utility for Accessibility
This paper presents an autoethnographic case study in which seven accessibility researchers—both with and without disabilities—explored generative artificial intelligence (GAI) tools over a three-month period to assess their potential for supporting …
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Bridging the Gap: Towards Advancing Privacy and Accessibility
This workshop proposal addresses a critical but understudied gap between the accessibility and privacy research communities. The authors argue that while all technology has privacy implications, accessibility tools carry particularly overlooked priva…
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Characterizing Smart Home Technology Usage Among Users with Disabilities through Reddit
This study examines how people with disabilities use smart home technology (SHT) by analyzing publicly available Reddit discussions across 12 disability-focused and technology-focused subreddits. The researchers collected 233 posts and comments from …
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Beyond Beautiful: Embroidering Legible and Expressive Tactile Graphics
This paper explores machine embroidery as a medium for producing tactile graphics—tangible representations of visual information used by blind and visually impaired (BVI) individuals. Current methods for producing tactile graphics, primarily embossin…
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Toward a taxonomy of negative outcomes from the use of AI-driven systems for people with disabilities
This paper presents the first systematic taxonomy of how AI-driven systems create negative outcomes specifically for people with disabilities. The authors searched eight publicly available AI incident databases — including AIAAIC, AIID, OECD AI Incid…
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Designing Accessible, Explainable AI (XAI) Experiences
This paper examines the intersection of explainable AI (XAI) and accessibility, identifying two primary concerns that the XAI field has largely overlooked. The first concern is accessibility at the XAI interface itself. While XAI techniques like visu…