Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
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Involving Clinical Staff in the Design of a Support Tool to Improve Dental Communication for Patients with Intellectual Disabilities
This poster paper describes a design workshop conducted as part of the "Stories at the Dentist" project, which aims to develop a computer-based support tool to help people with intellectual disabilities (ID) better understand dental procedures. Visit…
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Web Accessibility for Older Adults: Effects of Line Spacing and Text Justification on Reading Web Pages
This poster paper empirically tests two common web accessibility recommendations for older adults: increased line spacing and left-only text justification. The authors note that at least 10 sets of guidelines for making websites accessible to older p…
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Brain-Training Software for Stroke Survivors
This poster paper investigates the feasibility of using commercially available web-based brain-training software as an affordable alternative to expensive specialized stroke rehabilitation software. The researchers observed and interviewed six stroke…
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How Power Wheelchair Users Choose Computing Devices
This poster paper explores how power wheelchair users select and use computing devices in their daily lives. The researchers interviewed 8 power wheelchair or power scooter users (4 male, 4 female) through semi-structured interviews lasting up to two…
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Multilingual Website Assessment for Accessibility: A Survey on Current Practices
This short paper presents results from a survey of 67 web accessibility professionals exploring how multilingual websites are assessed for accessibility. The authors note that when a monolingual website is localized into multiple languages, the acces…
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Safe Walking Technology for People with Dementia: What Do They Want?
This paper investigates how safe walking technology can be designed to meet the actual needs and preferences of people with dementia, rather than imposing surveillance-based solutions on them. The researchers worked with three people with early-stage…
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Do You See What I See? Designing a Sensory Substitution Device to Access Non-Verbal Modes of Communication
This paper presents iFEPS (improved Facial Expression Perception through Sound), a visual-to-auditory sensory substitution device that enables blind users to perceive their conversation partner's facial expressions through audio feedback. Research su…
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Crowd Caption Correction (CCC)
This short paper presents Crowd Caption Correction (CCC), a feature that allows meeting participants or authorized third parties to correct errors in real-time captions during telecollaboration sessions. Captions are critical for deaf and hard of hea…
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UbiBraille: Designing and Evaluating a Vibrotactile Braille-Reading Device
This paper presents UbiBraille, a wearable vibrotactile device that enables blind users to read textual information privately and inconspicuously by leveraging their existing knowledge of Braille. The device consists of six small vibration motors att…
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Touchplates: Low-Cost Tactile Overlays for Visually Impaired Touch Screen Users
This paper introduces touchplates — inexpensive, unpowered, customizable tactile overlays that can be placed on touch screens to provide physical guides and tactile feedback for blind and visually impaired users. Unlike prior approaches that either o…