Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
749 results found tagged assistive technology.
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Developing and Deploying a Real-World Solution for Accessible Slide Reading and Authoring for Blind Users
This paper presents A11yBoard for Google Slides, a multi-device multimodal system that makes presentation slide reading and authoring accessible to blind users. Presentation software like PowerPoint and Google Slides relies on 2-D "artboard" canvases…
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What do Blind and Low-Vision People Really Want from Assistive Smart Devices? Comparison of the Literature with a Focus Study
This paper investigates whether the tasks and devices explored by researchers developing AI-based assistive smart devices actually align with what blind and low-vision (BLV) people want. The authors conducted a three-part study combining a scoping li…
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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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How Do People with Limited Movement Personalize Upper-Body Gestures? Considerations for the Design of Personalized and Accessible Gesture Interfaces
This study investigates how people with upper-body motor impairments design personalized gestures for common device functions like move, select, zoom-in, open, and delete. The researchers recruited 25 participants with conditions including spinal cor…
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Understanding and Improving Drilled-Down Information Extraction from Online Data Visualizations for Screen-Reader Users
This full research paper presents a comprehensive investigation into how screen-reader users (SRUs) extract drilled-down information from online data visualizations, and how the VoxLens tool can be improved to support this process. While prior work o…
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Bring Environments to People – A Case Study of Virtual Tours in Accessibility Assessment for People with Limited Mobility
This study presents the first user research with people with limited mobility on using virtual tours — 3D digital replicas of physical environments captured with 360-degree cameras and depth sensors — to remotely assess the accessibility of indoor sp…
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"I stepped into a puddle": Non-Visual Texting in Nomadic Contexts
This study investigates the under-explored practice of texting by people who are blind and visually impaired (BVI) while navigating outdoors — what the authors term "nomadic contexts." While previous research has examined accessible text entry method…
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On the independent and sustainable mobility of people with visual impairments
This doctoral consortium extended abstract outlines a research project investigating the factors that enable or hinder independent mobility for people with blindness or visual impairments (BVI), with a particular focus on the link between mobility au…
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An Investigation of the Experiences of Orientation and Mobility Trainers in India
This qualitative study examines the experiences of twelve orientation and mobility (O&M) trainers working across urban and rural settings in India, a low- and middle-income country (LMIC) where infrastructure, resources, and cultural attitudes toward…
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Decoding the Privacy Policies of Assistive Technologies
This paper systematically analyzes the privacy policies of 18 assistive technologies available in the United States, examining how these companies communicate data collection and processing practices to their users. The researchers used the PRISMA (P…