Literature Reviews

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

• How Context and User Behavior Affect Indoor Navigation Assistance for Blind People

  João Guerreiro, Eshed Ohn-Bar, Dragan Ahmetovic, Kris Kitani, Chieko Asakawa (2018) — Proceedings of the 15th International Web for All Conference (W4A 2018)

  This short paper presents a fine-grained thematic analysis of user behaviour during indoor assisted navigation to understand when and why navigation errors occur even when the underlying localisation system is accurate. The research uses NavCog, a sm…

  • indoor navigation
  • blind
  • orientation and mobility
  • guide dog
  • white cane
  • Bluetooth beacons
  • wayfinding
  • user behavior
  • error recovery
  • navigation strategies

• CareHub: Smart Screen VUI and Home Appliances Control for Older Adults

  Ningjing Sun (2020) — Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2020)

  This demonstration paper presents CareHub, a smart screen prototype that augments voice user interfaces (VUIs) with complementary visual output to help older adults control home appliances more effectively. The research was conducted at the Rhode Isl…

  • voice user interface
  • older adults
  • smart home
  • aging in place
  • multimodal interaction
  • usability
  • error recovery
  • home appliances