Literature Reviews

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

• Pin City Book: A PCB-based Tangible User Interface for Location-based Puzzle Games

  Yibing Chen, Yutong Liu, Zihan Zhou, Yifan Wang, Sihan Wang, Yunyang Di, Quan Li (2026) — Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’26)

  This CHI 2026 Extended Abstract introduces Pin City Book, a PCB-based tangible user interface (TUI) platform for location-based puzzle games (LBPGs). The authors argue that current LBPGs are split between paper kits (cumbersome, no feedback) and mobi…

  • tangible user interface
  • multimodal interaction
  • location-based games
  • maker accessibility
  • haptic feedback
  • cultural heritage
  • urban play

• A Preliminary Study of Wearable Olfactory-Thermal Feedback for Immersive VR Cultural Heritage

  Hanbing Wang, Xiang Li, Kexin Nie, Yunfeng Shu, Xizi Liu, Xiwen Liu, Yingying Liu, Zhixin Cai, Mingjie Zhou, Xianqi Wang, Li Zhao, Chunling Wu, Lie Zhang (2026) — Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’26)

  This CHI 2026 Extended Abstract reports a preliminary between-subjects user study (N=52) of NeckScents, a lightweight neck-worn wearable that delivers short, pre-authored pulses of scented warm airflow near the face to augment audiovisual VR. The aut…

  • virtual reality
  • multisensory interaction
  • olfactory display
  • thermal feedback
  • cultural heritage
  • wearable technology
  • immersion
  • aesthetic experience

• Access to Interpretation: How Formal Cues Ground Interpretive Alt Text for Paintings

  Vera L. Zhong, Lucy Jiang, Kathryn E. Ringland (2026) — Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’26)

  This CHI 2026 Extended Abstract examines a gap between mainstream alt text conventions and the interpretive work that paintings are designed to evoke. The authors argue that dominant guidance for alt text foregrounds brevity, objectivity, and functio…

  • alt text
  • image description
  • blind and low vision
  • museum accessibility
  • cultural heritage
  • interpretive access
  • art analysis
  • screen readers

• Expanding Perspectives to Improve Access to Visual Archives through Multimodal Image Enrichment

  Karina Rodriguez Echavarria, Myrsini Samaroudi (2026) — ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage

  This paper addresses a pervasive challenge in the Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM) sector: large-scale visual collections that have been digitised but remain undiscoverable because they lack descriptive metadata. The authors, from th…

  • cultural heritage
  • metadata enrichment
  • AI image classification
  • FAIR principles
  • information discovery
  • visual archives
  • multimodal AI
  • accessibility
  • museum accessibility
  • cognitive load
  • IIIF
  • GLAM

• Design Guidelines for an Interactive 3D Model as a Supporting Tool for Exploring a Cultural Site by Visually Impaired and Sighted People

  Barbara Leporini, Valentina Rossetti, Francesco Furfari, Susanna Pelagatti, Andrea Quarta (2020) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This paper presents a methodology for creating low-cost interactive 3D printed models combined with audio descriptions to enable both visually impaired and sighted people to explore cultural heritage sites autonomously. The prototype reproduces Piazz…

  • 3D printing
  • tactile graphics
  • cultural heritage
  • museum accessibility
  • audio description
  • blind and low vision
  • inclusive design
  • tactile models
  • multimodal interaction