Literature Reviews

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

• An Independent and Interactive Museum Experience for Blind People

  Saki Asakawa, João Guerreiro, Daisuke Sato, Hironobu Takagi, Dragan Ahmetovic, Desi Gonzalez, Kris M. Kitani, Chieko Asakawa (2019) — Proceedings of the 16th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper presents a prototype system for supporting independent, interactive museum visits by blind people, deployed and evaluated at The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. The system combines indoor navigation with context-aware art appreciation th…

  • museum accessibility
  • blindness
  • indoor navigation
  • BLE beacon
  • audio description
  • art appreciation
  • wayfinding
  • proxemic interaction
  • context-awareness
  • user study

• Lessons Learned from Designing, Deploying and Testing an Accessible BLE Beacon-based Wayfinding System in a Multi-Floor Indoor Environment

  Ajay Abraham (2022) — Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '22)

  This paper documents the practical guidelines and design decisions involved in deploying a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon-based indoor wayfinding system in a three-story college campus building. The system builds on GuideBeacon, a previously devel…

  • indoor navigation
  • wayfinding
  • BLE beacon
  • blind and low vision
  • mobile accessibility
  • localization
  • wheelchair accessibility
  • assistive technology