Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
4 results found tagged braille music.
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"Why are there so many steps?": Improving Access to Blind and Low Vision Music Learning through Personal Adaptations and Future Design Ideas
This study investigates the challenges blind and low vision (BLV) people face when learning music and identifies personal adaptations and design opportunities for assistive technologies. The researchers conducted one-hour semi-structured interviews w…
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How Blind and Visually Impaired Composers, Producers, and Songwriters Leverage and Adapt Music Technology
This qualitative interview study explores how 11 blind and visually impaired music creators — composers, producers, and songwriters — use and adapt mainstream and assistive music technologies to achieve their creative goals. The researchers recruited…
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Empowering Blind Musicians to Compose and Notate Music with SoundCells
This paper presents a six-week remote study in which six blind and visually impaired (BVI) musicians used SoundCells, a text-based music notation web application, to compose original short works culminating in a live performance by a professional mus…
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Sounds and (Braille) Cells: Co-Designing Music Technology with Blind and Visually Impaired Musicians
This doctoral consortium paper outlines a three-phase dissertation addressing the accessibility barriers that blind and visually impaired (BVI) musicians face when using music creation technologies. Music software has democratized composition, produc…