Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
98 results found tagged multimodal interaction.
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Web Browser Accessibility Using Open Source Software
This paper presents AMICO:WEB, a middleware infrastructure designed to integrate open source and free software components into mainstream web browsers to improve accessibility. The authors from CWI Amsterdam identify a core problem: while the open so…
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A Mobile Interactive Maps Application for a Visually Impaired Audience
This demo paper presents "Open Touch/Sound Maps," an Android mobile application that makes interactive maps accessible to visually impaired and blind users through multimodal feedback. Web-based spatial information resources like OpenStreetMap are in…
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A4TV: Assessing and Ameliorating the Accessibility of the Ascending Connected TV Platforms
This doctoral consortium paper proposes a two-stage research programme to study and improve the accessibility of connected TV platforms for visually impaired users. Connected TVs — smart TVs and set-top boxes with internet connectivity — use web tech…
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Supporting Engagement and Comprehension Online Through Multiple Means of Expression
This paper from CAST (the organization that developed the Universal Design for Learning framework) examines how offering multiple means of expression — writing, drawing, and audio recording — in online academic discussions affects engagement among st…
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Wearables for All: Development of Guidelines to Stimulate Accessible Wearable Technology Design
This paper from the University of Twente and The Accessibility Foundation (Netherlands) presents the rationale and methodology for developing accessibility guidelines specifically for wearable technology — a domain where no dedicated accessibility st…
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Math Melodies: Supporting Visually Impaired Primary School Students in Learning Math
This demonstration paper presents Math Melodies, a free iPad application designed to teach mathematics to primary school children who are blind or visually impaired, while simultaneously engaging sighted peers. Mathematics education poses particular …
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VERSE: Bridging Screen Readers and Voice Assistants for Enhanced Eyes-Free Web Search
This paper identifies the complementary strengths and weaknesses of screen readers and voice assistants (VAs) for blind web searchers, then presents VERSE (Voice Exploration, Retrieval, and SEarch), a prototype that merges the best of both technologi…
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μGraph: Haptic Exploration and Editing of 3D Chemical Diagrams
This paper presents μGraph (Multimodal Graph), a system that combines haptic force feedback and speech to enable people who are blind or visually impaired (VIB) to explore and edit three-dimensional structural chemical formulae. Chemical diagrams rep…
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Addressing the Situational Impairments Encountered by Firefighters through the Design of Alerts
This paper describes a structured multi-step approach to designing multimodal alerts for firefighters who experience severe situationally-induced impairments and disabilities (SIIDs) at fire scenes — thick smoke restricting vision, loud noise from co…
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Personalized and Accessible TV Interaction for People with Visual Impairments
This paper presents the design and implementation of a system that makes Connected TV applications accessible to people with visual impairments by using a smartphone as an accessible second-screen controller. Connected TVs and set-top boxes now offer…