Literature Reviews

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

3 results found tagged camera aiming.

A11yExtensions: Accessibility Extensions to Augment Mobile AI Assistive Technology In-Situ

Jaylin Herskovitz, Ellie Seehorn, Ather Jammoa, Jason Meddaugh, Anhong Guo (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

A11yExtensions introduces the concept of in-situ extensions for mobile AI assistive technology — add-on services that augment existing deployed applications like Seeing AI, Be My AI, and Lookout with additional features, without modifying or replacin…
Helping Visually Impaired Users Properly Aim a Camera

Marynel Vázquez, Aaron Steinfeld (2012) — Proceedings of the 14th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2012)

This paper evaluates three interaction modes for helping visually impaired users aim a camera to achieve good photo composition: speech-based feedback (spoken directional words like "up", "down", "left", "right" with pitch indicating proximity), tone…
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 (…