Literature Reviews

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

• ITHACA: An Open Source Framework for Building Component-Based Augmentative and Alternative Communication Applications

  Alexandros Pino, Georgios Kouroupetroglou (2010) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This paper introduces ITHACA, an open source software framework for developing modular, customizable AAC applications. The authors address a persistent problem in assistive technology: AAC products are typically expensive, monolithic, difficult to cu…

  • augmentative and alternative communication
  • AAC
  • open source
  • assistive technology
  • component-based development
  • Design for All
  • speech synthesis
  • symbol communication
  • cerebral palsy
  • software framework