Literature Reviews

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

• Inclusive Improvisation: Exploring the Line between Listening and Playing Music

  Alon Ilsar, Gail Kenning, Sam Trolland, Ciaran Frame (2022) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This paper explores how Digital Musical Instruments (DMIs) designed for professional performance can be adapted into Accessible Digital Musical Instruments (ADMIs) with minimal hardware and software changes. The authors present the AirSticks, a gestu…

  • accessible digital musical instruments
  • ADMI
  • gesture recognition
  • music accessibility
  • improvisation
  • dementia
  • leukodystrophy
  • empowerment
  • inclusive design
  • motion tracking

• Inclusive improvisation through sound and movement mapping: from DMI to ADMI

  Alon Ilsar, Gail Kenning (2020) — Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2020)

  This paper presents a case study of adapting the AirSticks, a gestural Digital Musical Instrument (DMI) designed for expert percussionists, into an Accessible Digital Musical Instrument (ADMI) for people with disabilities. The AirSticks use Razer Hyd…

  • music accessibility
  • accessible digital musical instruments
  • gesture interaction
  • inclusive design
  • dementia
  • creative accessibility
  • assistive technology
  • empowerment