Literature Reviews

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

• NavTap: A Long Term Study with Excluded Blind Users

  Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, Joaquim Jorge, Daniel Gonçalves (2009) — Proceedings of the 11th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '09)

  This paper presents a long-term evaluation of NavTap, a navigational text-entry method designed specifically for blind users who cannot effectively use standard mobile phone text input. Unlike traditional MultiTap — where users press a key multiple t…

  • mobile accessibility
  • blind users
  • text entry
  • assistive technology
  • longitudinal study
  • social inclusion
  • SMS
  • mobile devices

• Exploring Iconographic Interface in Emergency for Deaf

  Tânia Pereira, Benjamim Fonseca, Hugo Paredes, Miriam Cabo (2011) — Proceedings of the 13th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2011)

  This demonstration paper presents a mobile phone application that enables deaf people to communicate with emergency medical services using an iconographic touchscreen interface rather than voice calls. In Portugal at the time of publication, deaf peo…

  • deaf
  • emergency services
  • iconographic interface
  • mobile accessibility
  • pictographic communication
  • SMS
  • touchscreen

• Smarter Board: A Community-Oriented Communication Tool

  Mateus Molinaro, Sergio Borger, Carlos Cardonha, Diego Gallo, Ricardo Herrmann, Ademir Ferreira, Fernando Koch, Priscilla Avegliano, Kelly Shigeno (2013) — Proceedings of the 10th International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

  This demo paper from IBM Research Brazil presents the Smarter Board, a lightweight community-focused social network platform designed specifically for groups of people with disabilities. The system deliberately uses SMS text messages as its primary i…

  • social accessibility
  • community
  • digital inclusion
  • communication accessibility
  • SMS
  • low-technology
  • assistive technology
  • disability community