Literature Reviews

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

• Voice-Powered Assembly: Boosting Self-Efficacy in Older Adults with "Build2Race"

  Noah Zijie Qu, Mark Chignell, Jamy Li (2026) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This study investigates whether voice assistants (VAs) can support older adults in physical product assembly—a largely unexplored use case despite the proliferation of self-assembly products and the importance of such tasks for independent living. Th…

  • older adults
  • voice assistants
  • self-efficacy
  • aging in place
  • assembly tasks
  • independence
  • mastery experience

• Using In-Situ Projection to Support Cognitively Impaired Workers at the Workplace

  Markus Funk, Sven Mayer, Albrecht Schmidt (2015) — ASSETS '15: Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility

  This research investigates whether projecting assembly instructions directly onto a workspace (in-situ projection) can help cognitively impaired workers complete more complex tasks compared to traditional pictorial instructions. The work addresses a …

  • cognitive disability
  • workplace accessibility
  • augmented reality
  • in-situ projection
  • sheltered work
  • assistive technology
  • industrial accessibility
  • employment
  • assembly tasks