Literature Reviews

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

• ATTENPlay: A Game-Based Attention Network Test for Autistic Children

  Yuying Wan, Xin Tong, Kaishun Wu (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  This CHI 2026 paper addresses a long-standing methodological problem in autism research: the Attention Network Test (ANT) — the standard computerized tool for measuring alerting, orienting, and executive-control attention networks — is abstract, repe…

  • autism
  • autism spectrum disorder
  • attention network test
  • cognitive assessment
  • game-based assessment
  • serious games
  • tablet
  • co-design
  • inclusive design
  • child development
  • executive function
  • double empathy problem
  • pediatric
  • mobile accessibility

• Wizard-of-Oz Test of ARTUR: a Computer-Based Speech Training System with Articulation Correction

  Olle Bälter, Olov Engwall, Anne-Marie Öster, Hedvig Kjellström (2005) — Proceedings of the 7th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '05)

  This paper from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm presents a Wizard-of-Oz evaluation of ARTUR (the ARticulation TUtoR), a computer-based speech training system designed to help children with language disorders improve their articulation.…

  • speech technology
  • speech training
  • articulation
  • language disorder
  • child development
  • assistive technology
  • Wizard-of-Oz
  • computer vision
  • talking head
  • speech and language therapy

• visiBabble Demo

  Harriet Fell, Joel MacAuslan, Jun Gong, Josh Ostrow (2005) — Proceedings of the 7th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '05)

  This paper presents a demonstration of visiBabble, a computer-based system designed to encourage and reinforce pre-speech vocalizations in infants at risk of being nonspeaking due to neurological or oral/motor impairments. The system consists of a no…

  • early intervention
  • pre-speech vocalizations
  • speech technology
  • visual feedback
  • assistive technology
  • child development
  • AAC
  • acoustic analysis

• visiBabble for Reinforcement of Early Vocalization

  Harriet Fell, Cynthia Cress, Joel MacAuslan, Linda Ferrier (2003) — Proceedings of the 6th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '04)

  This paper presents visiBabble, a real-time system that detects syllable-like vocalizations in infant babbling and responds with brightly coloured animations as visual reinforcement. The system targets infants at risk for speech impairments due to co…

  • early intervention
  • speech and language
  • child development
  • acoustic analysis
  • developmental disabilities
  • cerebral palsy
  • biofeedback
  • assistive technology
  • speech technology
  • AAC

• Automatic Babble Recognition for Early Detection of Speech Related Disorders

  Harriet J. Fell, Joel MacAuslan, Karen Chenausky, Linda J. Ferrier (1998) — Proceedings of the Third International ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies (Assets '98)

  This paper presents the Early Vocalization Analyzer (EVA), a program that automatically analyzes digitized recordings of infant babbling to detect syllable boundaries, with the goal of screening infants who may be at risk for later communication prob…

  • early intervention
  • speech technology
  • child development
  • speech disorders
  • babbling
  • acoustic analysis
  • developmental disabilities
  • screening

• We Need to Communicate! Helping Hearing Parents of Deaf Children Learn American Sign Language

  Kimberly A. Weaver, Thad Starner (2011) — The Proceedings of the 13th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This paper presents interview research with hearing parents of deaf children to understand their motivations, challenges, and needs when learning American Sign Language, informing the design of SMARTSign, a mobile ASL learning application. In the Uni…

  • deaf accessibility
  • sign language
  • educational technology
  • mobile accessibility
  • Deaf Culture
  • language access
  • communication
  • child development

• Using Dynamic Audio Feedback to Support Peripersonal Reaching in Visually Impaired People

  Graham Wilson, Stephen A. Brewster (2015) — ASSETS '15: Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility

  This demonstration paper explores how dynamic audio feedback can help blind and visually impaired people locate and reach for objects in their immediate (peripersonal) space. The research addresses an important developmental challenge: blind children…

  • visual impairment
  • audio feedback
  • sonification
  • spatial awareness
  • child development
  • reaching
  • assistive technology

• Using Dynamic Audio Feedback to Support Peripersonal Reaching in Young Visually Impaired People

  Graham Wilson, Stephen A. Brewster (2016) — Proceedings of the 18th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '16)

  This paper investigates whether dynamic audio feedback — sound that changes based on the proximity between a reaching hand and target objects — can improve the accuracy of peripersonal reaching (reaching within arm's length) for blind and visually im…

  • blindness
  • visual impairment
  • sonification
  • spatial cognition
  • child development
  • rehabilitation
  • haptic technology
  • auditory interface
  • sensory substitution