Literature Reviews

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

• Chorus: A Crowd-Powered Conversational Assistant

  Walter S. Lasecki, Rachel Wesley, Jeffrey Nichols, Anand Kulkarni, James F. Allen, Jeffrey P. Bigham (2013) — UIST '13: Proceedings of the 26th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology

  This paper presents Chorus, a crowd-powered conversational assistant that enables users to hold natural, continuous conversations with what appears to be a single partner, but is actually backed by multiple crowd workers operating in real-time. The s…

  • crowdsourcing
  • conversational assistants
  • human computation
  • dialog systems
  • real-time systems
  • situational disability

• A Collaborative Approach to Support Medication Management in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment Using Conversational Assistants (CAs)

  Niharika Mathur, Kunal Dhodapkar, Tamara Zubatiy, Jiachen Li, Brian Jones, Elizabeth Mynatt (2022) — Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '22)

  This paper presents MATCHA (Medication Action To Check-In for Health Application), a conversational medication management system built as a Google Action for the Google Home Hub, designed specifically for older adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment (…

  • mild cognitive impairment
  • older adults
  • medication management
  • conversational assistants
  • smart speakers
  • voice interface
  • aging
  • caregiving