Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
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Online Quality Control for Real-Time Crowd Captioning
This paper addresses quality control in Legion:Scribe, a system that provides real-time captioning by having multiple non-expert crowd workers simultaneously type what they hear, then automatically merging their partial transcriptions into a single c…
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Detecting Linguistic HCI Markers in an Online Aphasia Support Group
This paper investigates whether the language deficits associated with aphasia — an acquired language disorder typically resulting from stroke or brain injury — can be detected in online written communication. The concept of "HCI markers" is introduce…
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Exploration and Avoidance of Surrounding Obstacles for the Visually Impaired
This paper presents the 3DOD (3D Obstacle Detector), a wearable system that combines a 3D Time-of-Flight (TOF) camera with a portable multi-line refreshable Braille display to help blind pedestrians detect and avoid obstacles beyond the reach of a wh…
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Understanding the Role of Age and Fluid Intelligence in Information Search
This study investigates whether age or fluid intelligence is the more important factor driving differences in how people search for information in hierarchical web interfaces. The researchers recruited three groups: 14 younger adults with high fluid …
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What We Talk About: Designing a Context-Aware Communication Tool for People with Aphasia
This paper describes the design and development of TalkAbout, a context-aware augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) application for tablet devices that adapts its vocabulary to a user's current location and conversation partner. People wit…
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iSCAN: A Phoneme-based Predictive Communication Aid for Nonspeaking Individuals
This paper presents iSCAN (Interactive Sound-based Communication Aid for Non-speakers), a phoneme-based predictive communication system designed for people with severe speech impairments (SSI) who lack conventional literacy skills. The core problem i…
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Elderly Text-Entry Performance on Touchscreens
This paper presents an empirical study of how elderly users perform text-entry tasks on touchscreen devices, examining both mobile phones and tablets. Fifteen participants aged 67 to 89 (mean 79) were asked to copy sentences on an HTC Desire smartpho…
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Face Tracking User Interfaces Using Vision-Based Consumer Devices
This short paper investigates the design and implementation of face tracking user interfaces built with consumer-grade vision and depth-sensing devices, specifically the Microsoft Kinect. The research addresses the needs of users who cannot effective…
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Effect of Presenting Video as a Baseline During an American Sign Language Animation User Study
This paper investigates a methodological question central to sign language animation research: what type of upper baseline should be used when evaluating synthesized American Sign Language (ASL) animations? The authors laboratory at CUNY had previous…
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Design Goals for a System for Enhancing AAC with Personalized Video
This demonstration paper presents Vid2Speech, a prototype tablet-based augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) system designed for children with complex communication needs (CCN). The system addresses a fundamental limitation of existing AAC…