Literature Reviews

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

3 results found tagged face detection.

Interactive Tracking of Movable Objects for the Blind on the Basis of Environment Models and Perception-Oriented Object Recognition Methods

Andreas Hub, Tim Hartter, Thomas Ertl (2006) — Proceedings of the 8th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '06)

This paper from the University of Stuttgart presents advances to an indoor navigation and object identification system for blind and deafblind users. The system combines a stereo camera and 3D inertial sensor mounted on a bicycle helmet with detailed…
Supporting Blind Photography

Chandrika Jayant, Hanjie Ji, Samuel White, Jeffrey P. Bigham (2011) — ASSETS '11: The Proceedings of the 13th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

This paper explores how blind and low-vision people use cameras and presents two applications designed to make photography more accessible. The research begins with a large-scale online survey of 118 blind and low-vision people that establishes the e…
A Google Glass App to Help the Blind in Small Talk

Mohammad Iftekhar Tanveer, Mohammed Ehsan Hoque (2014) — Proceedings of the 16th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility (ASSETS)

This demo paper presents a Google Glass prototype that helps blind individuals initiate small talk by automatically analysing a scene to detect the number of people present, their approximate ages, and gender distribution, then synthesising this info…