Literature Reviews

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

• Spindex (Speech Index) Improves Auditory Menu Acceptance and Navigation Performance

  Myounghoon Jeon, Bruce N. Walker (2011) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This paper introduces the "spindex" (speech index), a novel auditory cue designed to improve navigation through spoken menus on mobile devices. The spindex works by pronouncing the first letter of each menu item before the full text-to-speech (TTS) r…

  • auditory interfaces
  • mobile accessibility
  • text-to-speech
  • screen readers
  • user interface design
  • blindness
  • sonification