Literature Reviews

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

• EZ Ballot with Multimodal Inputs and Outputs

  Seunghyun Lee, Xiao Xiong, Liu Elaine Yilin, Jon Sanford (2012) — Proceedings of the 14th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2012)

  This demonstration paper presents the EZ Ballot, a prototype accessible voting system that fundamentally reconceptualizes ballot design to provide an equal voting experience for all voters regardless of ability. Current accessible voting machines add…

  • accessible voting
  • multimodal interface
  • cognitive accessibility
  • visual impairment
  • dexterity
  • universal design
  • gestural input
  • iPad
  • civic participation

• Prime III: Voting for a More Accessible Future

  Simone A. Smarr, Imani N. Sherman, Brianna Posadas, Juan E. Gilbert (2017) — Proceedings of the 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '17)

  This demonstration paper presents Prime III, an open-source, multimodal electronic ballot marking system designed to allow all voters — regardless of ability or disability — to vote independently and privately on the same machine. Developed at the Un…

  • accessible voting
  • universal design
  • multimodal interaction
  • blindness
  • civic participation
  • text-to-speech
  • switch access
  • voice input
  • open source