Literature Reviews

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

• Iterative Design and Field Trial of an Aphasia-Friendly Email Tool

  Abdullah Al Mahmud, Jean-Bernard Martens (2015) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This paper presents Amail, an email client specifically designed for people with aphasia—an acquired communication disorder typically caused by stroke that affects language comprehension and expression. Unlike existing AAC (Augmentative and Alternati…

  • aphasia
  • augmentative and alternative communication
  • email
  • field study
  • cognitive accessibility
  • stroke
  • acquired disability
  • social communication

• LaMPost: Design and Evaluation of an AI-assisted Email Writing Prototype for Adults with Dyslexia

  Steven M. Goodman, Erin Buehler, Patrick Clary, Andy Coenen, Aaron Donsbach, Tiffanie N. Horne, Michal Lahav, Robert MacDonald, Rain Breaw Michaels, Ajit Narayanan, Mahima Pushkarna, Joel Riley, Alex Santana, Lei Shi, Rachel Sweeney, Phil Weaver, Ann Yuan, Meredith Ringel Morris (2022) — Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '22)

  This paper introduces LaMPost, a prototype email-writing interface powered by Google's LaMDA large language model, designed to support adults with dyslexia through AI-assisted writing features. The research team, which included members with lived exp…

  • dyslexia
  • large language models
  • AI writing support
  • email
  • writing challenges
  • human-AI interaction
  • neurodiversity
  • text generation
  • accessibility tools