Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• Augmenting Imagery with Multimodal Vibrotactile Representations: Touch, Feel, and Hear

  Mazen Salous, Matthias Kramer, Wilko Heuten, Charles Hudin, Susanne Boll, Larbi Abdenebaoui (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  This CHI 2026 paper addresses a long-standing gap in image accessibility for blind and visually impaired (BVI) users: while alt text, sonification, tactile graphics, and refreshable Braille displays convey shape, layout, and identity, they rarely com…

  • image accessibility
  • blind and low vision
  • vibrotactile feedback
  • haptic rendering
  • material perception
  • sensory substitution
  • multimodal interaction
  • AI-generated haptics
  • audio-to-haptics