Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
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Good Fonts for Dyslexia
This paper presents the first experiment using eye tracking to objectively measure the impact of font type on reading performance for people with dyslexia. Using a within-subject design, 48 participants with clinically confirmed dyslexia (ages 11-50)…
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Architecture of an Automated Therapy Tool for Childhood Apraxia of Speech
This paper presents a multi-tier client-server system for remotely administering speech therapy to children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), a neurological speech sound disorder that impairs the precision and consistency of oro-motor planning …
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Audio-Visual Speech Understanding in Simulated Telephony Applications by Individuals with Hearing Loss
This paper presents two within-subjects experiments (conducted in 2009 and 2012 with 24 and 22 participants respectively) investigating how video frame rate and audio-video synchrony affect speech understanding by people with hearing loss during simu…
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Comparing Native Signers' Perception of American Sign Language Animations and Videos via Eye Tracking
This paper investigates whether eye tracking can serve as an alternative or complementary evaluation method for assessing the quality of synthesized American Sign Language (ASL) animations. Computer-generated ASL animations offer accessibility benefi…
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"Pray Before You Step Out": Describing Personal and Situational Blind Navigation Behaviors
This paper presents a formative study exploring how 30 adults with vision impairments use technology and personal strategies to navigate both indoor and outdoor environments. Rather than introducing new navigation technology, the research aims to bui…
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Collaborative Music Application for Visually Impaired People with Tangible Objects on Table
This short paper presents a collaborative music composition application designed to enable visually impaired and sighted people to work together on equal ground. The system uses a tabletop tangible interface inspired by Reactable, where physical obje…
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Interviewing Blind Photographers: Design Insights for a Smartphone Application
This short paper reports on interviews with 11 people with limited to no vision who take digital photographs independently, investigating how they take, store, organize, and share their photos. While prior research had addressed camera aiming assista…
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AphasiaWeb: A Social Network for Individuals with Aphasia
This paper presents AphasiaWeb, a social network designed specifically for individuals with aphasia, an acquired language disorder typically resulting from stroke or head injury that impairs speaking, writing, and language comprehension. The authors …
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An Empirical Study of Issues and Barriers to Mainstream Video Game Accessibility
This paper investigates the real-world state of video game accessibility through two complementary empirical studies. The first is an online survey of 55 gamers with disabilities, exploring their gaming habits, the platforms they use, the types of ga…
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Physical Accessibility of Touchscreen Smartphones
This paper examines touchscreen smartphone adoption and usability for people with dexterity impairments through interviews and hands-on observations with 16 participants (mean age 40) at a New York centre serving approximately 3,500 people with physi…