Literature Reviews

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

• The Flote: An Instrument for People with Limited Mobility

  Amal Dar Aziz, Chris Warren, Hayden Bursk, Sean Follmer (2008) — Proceedings of the 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '08)

  This paper introduces the Flote, a digital wind instrument designed to enable people with limited mobility to play music using only head movement and breath control. Developed at Stanford University through a collaboration between computer science an…

  • music accessibility
  • adaptive musical instrument
  • limited mobility
  • head tracking
  • breath control
  • assistive technology
  • creative expression
  • physical therapy
  • DIY assistive technology

• Breath Mobile: A Software-Based Hands-Free and Voice-Free Breathing Controlled Mobile Phone Interface

  Jackson Feijó Filho, Thiago Valle, Wilson Prata (2012) — Proceedings of the 14th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This short paper proposes Breath Mobile, a software-only breathing interface for mobile phones that uses the device's built-in microphone to detect puffing patterns and translate them into navigation and selection events. Unlike traditional sip-and-p…

  • motor impairment
  • breath control
  • sip-and-puff
  • mobile accessibility
  • alternative input
  • hands-free interaction
  • voice-free interaction