Literature Reviews

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

• Airport Accessibility and Navigation Assistance for People with Visual Impairments

  João Guerreiro, Dragan Ahmetovic, Daisuke Sato, Kris Kitani, Chieko Asakawa (2019) — Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

  This paper investigates whether a BLE-beacon-based smartphone navigation system can enable visually impaired travelers to move through an airport independently — a setting where they are currently required to rely on airline-provided sighted escorts …

  • airport accessibility
  • blind navigation
  • indoor navigation
  • orientation and mobility
  • visual impairment
  • blindness
  • assistive technology
  • Bluetooth Low Energy
  • beacons
  • wayfinding
  • mobile accessibility
  • independent travel