Literature Reviews

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

• Barrier pointing: using physical edges to assist target acquisition on mobile device touch screens

  Jon Froehlich, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Shaun K. Kane (2007) — Proceedings of the 9th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '07)

  Froehlich, Wobbrock and Kane propose barrier pointing: a set of stylus-based target acquisition techniques that exploit the raised physical edge of a mobile touch screen to stabilise input for users with motor impairments. Standard touch-screen tappi…

  • mobile accessibility
  • touchscreen accessibility
  • motor impairment
  • target acquisition
  • input techniques
  • assistive technology
  • Fitts' Law
  • passive haptic feedback
  • accessible interaction
  • user study

• "It is fascinating to make these beasts fly": Understanding Visually Impaired People's Motivations and Needs for Drone Piloting

  Vinitha Gadiraju, Sanika Moharana, Aisha Azhar, Kimberley Gans, Shane T. Mueller, Jenna L. Gorlewicz (2021) — Proceedings of the 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '21)

  This paper investigates the motivations, interests, and accessibility needs of blind and visually impaired (BVI) people regarding drone piloting. While drones have been explored as assistive tools for BVI users — helping with navigation, obstacle det…

  • visual impairment
  • blindness
  • drones
  • assistive technology
  • accessible interaction
  • multimodal feedback
  • inclusive design
  • user research