Literature Reviews

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

3 results found tagged assistive technology adoption.

Factors Leading to the Successful Use of Voice Recognition Technology

Tanya Goette (1998) — Proceedings of the Third International ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies (Assets '98)

This paper from Georgia College & State University presents results from a field study investigating why voice recognition technology (VRT) succeeds for some individuals with disabilities and fails for others. Drawing on expectancy theory and innovat…
Disability, Age, and Informational Privacy Attitudes in Quality of Life Technology Applications: Results from a National Web Survey

Scott Beach, Richard Schulz, Julie Downs, Judith Matthews, Bruce Barron, Katherine Seelman (2009) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

This landmark study examines privacy attitudes toward assistive and health monitoring technologies among 1,518 U.S. adults, focusing on how disability and age influence willingness to share personal health information. Conducted under the NSF Quality…
Exploring how People with Spinal Cord Injuries Seek Support on Social Media

Tamanna Motahar, Sara Nurollahian, YeonJae Kim, Marina Kogan, Jason Wiese (2024) — Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

This paper presents a content analysis of 960 post-threads from two SCI-specific subreddit communities (r/spinalcordinjuries and r/SpinalCordInjuries) to understand what topics people with spinal cord injuries discuss online and what types of support…