Literature Reviews

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

• A Haptic ATM Interface to Assist Visually Impaired Users

  Brendan Cassidy, Gilbert Cockton, Lynne Coventry (2013) — Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This paper presents the design and evaluation of a haptic interface for ATM keypads that conveys directional information to visually impaired users without relying on audio or visual output. Current ATM accessibility primarily uses audio lead-through…

  • visual impairment
  • haptic feedback
  • ATM accessibility
  • vibro-tactile
  • deafblind
  • public kiosks
  • financial accessibility
  • older adults

• AVD-LV: An Accessible Player for Captioned STEM Videos

  Raja S. Kushalnagar, John J. Rivera, Warrance Yu, Daniel S. Steed (2014) — ASSETS '14: Proceedings of the 16th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility

  This demo paper presents AVD-LV (Accessible View Device interface for Low Vision), a Chrome browser extension that enhances YouTube lecture video accessibility for deaf and low vision (DLV) viewers. The core problem is that captioned videos require D…

  • deaf
  • low vision
  • captions
  • video accessibility
  • STEM education
  • deafblind
  • online learning