Literature Reviews

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

• Embroidered Braille: Towards Accessible and Inclusive Educational Tools and Everyday Applications

  Pouya M Khorsandi, Sara Nabil (2026) — CHI EA '26: Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

  This short CHI Extended Abstracts paper by Khorsandi and Nabil (Queen's University iStudio) stakes out digitally embroidered Braille as a design space for DIY making of accessible everyday artefacts, rather than as another institutional assistive-tec…

  • braille
  • digital embroidery
  • tactile graphics
  • blind and low vision
  • DIY
  • hybrid craft
  • e-textiles
  • maker culture
  • self-expression
  • STEM education

• Keep Your Distance: A Playful Haptic Navigation Wearable for Individuals with Deafblindness

  James Gay, Moritz Umfahrer, Arthur Theil, Lea Buchweitz, Eva Lindell, Li Guo, Nils-Krister Persson, Oliver Korn (2020) — Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2020)

  This demonstration paper presents a haptic wearable vest designed to support independent navigation for people with deafblindness — a dual sensory impairment where the combination of sight and hearing loss makes it difficult for one sense to compensa…

  • deafblindness
  • haptic technology
  • vibrotactile feedback
  • navigation
  • wearable technology
  • sensory substitution
  • assistive technology
  • wayfinding
  • e-textiles