Literature Reviews

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

• Designing Voice-Assisted Technology (VAT) Training for Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) for Adults with Cognitive-Communication Needs (CCNs) at Home

  Claire O'Connor, Lauren H Kim, Ginna Byun, Priyal Vora, Yao Du (2023) — ASSETS 2023: The 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper describes the design, implementation, and preliminary evaluation of a 6-week virtual training program that teaches adults with cognitive-communication needs (CCNs) resulting from traumatic brain injury (TBI) to use Amazon Alexa voice comma…

  • voice assistants
  • cognitive-communication needs
  • traumatic brain injury
  • activities of daily living
  • telehealth
  • speech-language pathology
  • Amazon Alexa
  • cognitive rehabilitation
  • assistive technology training
  • independent living

• Enhancing Walk-Light Detector Usage for the Visually Impaired: A Comparison of VR Exploration and Verbal Instructions

  Jonggi Hong, James Coughlan (2024) — Proceedings of the 21st International Web for All Conference (W4A '24)

  This paper from Stevens Institute of Technology and Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute compares two methods for teaching people with visual impairments (PVI) to use a walk-light detector smartphone app at traffic intersections: virtual reality (…

  • blindness
  • virtual reality
  • navigation
  • camera aiming
  • pedestrian safety
  • assistive technology training
  • orientation and mobility