Literature Reviews

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

• Performance analysis of an integrated eye gaze tracking / electromyogram cursor control system

  Craig A. Chin, Armando Barreto, J. Gualberto Cremades, Malek Adjouadi (2007) — Proceedings of the 9th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '07)

  Chin, Barreto, Cremades, and Adjouadi's Assets '07 demonstration paper from Florida International University evaluates a hybrid cursor-control system that combines eye-gaze tracking (EGT) with electromyogram (EMG) input from facial muscles, targeted …

  • eye tracking
  • electromyogram
  • cursor control
  • motor accessibility
  • multimodal input
  • mouse alternative
  • midas touch
  • alternative input
  • biosignals
  • Fitts law

• The Vocal Joystick: Evaluation of Voice-based Cursor Control Techniques

  Susumu Harada, James A. Landay, Jonathan Malkin, Xiao Li, Jeff A. Bilmes (2006) — Proceedings of the 8th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '06)

  This paper presents the Vocal Joystick, a system that enables continuous mouse cursor control through vocal parameters — specifically vowel quality, loudness, and pitch. Unlike traditional speech recognition systems that process discrete commands ("m…

  • voice control
  • cursor control
  • motor impairment
  • Fitts law
  • non-speech input
  • continuous input
  • alternative input
  • mouse alternative

• Designing and Evaluating Head-based Pointing on Smartphones for People with Motor Impairments

  Muratcan Cicek, Ankit Dave, Wenxin Feng, Michael Xuelin Huang, Julia Katherine Haines, Jeffry Nichols (2020) — Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '20)

  This paper presents a calibration-free head-based pointing (HBP) system for Android smartphones that uses the standard front-facing camera to enable people with motor impairments to control an on-screen cursor through head movements. The system was d…

  • motor accessibility
  • head tracking
  • alternative input
  • mobile accessibility
  • Fitts law
  • computer vision
  • assistive technology

• Input Accessibility: A Large Dataset and Summary Analysis of Age, Motor Ability and Input Performance

  Leah Findlater, Lotus Zhang (2020) — Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2020)

  This University of Washington study makes two key contributions to understanding how age and motor ability affect computer input performance: a large open dataset of mouse and touchscreen input traces from over 700 participants, and a summary analysi…

  • motor impairment
  • mouse input
  • touchscreen
  • older adults
  • physical accessibility
  • Fitts law
  • input performance
  • dataset
  • ageing