Literature Reviews

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

• The Tactile Graphics Helper: Providing Audio Clarification for Tactile Graphics Using Machine Vision

  Giovanni Fusco, Valerie S. Morash (2015) — ASSETS '15: Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility

  This paper presents the Tactile Graphics Helper (TGH), a machine vision system that enables students who are blind or visually impaired to independently access clarifying information about tactile graphics without sighted assistance. Tactile graphics…

  • tactile graphics
  • visual impairment
  • blindness
  • STEM education
  • machine vision
  • finger tracking
  • audio-tactile
  • assistive technology
  • accessible graphics
  • braille

• Gesture-Based Interactive Audio Guide on Tactile Reliefs

  Andreas Reichinger, Anton Fuhrmann, Stefan Maierhofer, Werner Purgathofer (2016) — ASSETS '16: Proceedings of the 18th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper presents a gesture-controlled interactive audio guide (IAG) that operates directly on tactile relief surfaces using a low-cost depth camera (Intel RealSense F200). Tactile reliefs—2.5D "height field" representations where each point has a …

  • tactile graphics
  • tactile relief
  • blind accessibility
  • depth camera
  • gesture recognition
  • audio guide
  • museum accessibility
  • finger tracking
  • interactive systems