Literature Reviews

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

• Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges with Exercise Technologies for People who are Blind or Low-Vision

  Kyle Rector, Lauren Milne, Richard E. Ladner, Batya Friedman, Julie A. Kientz (2015) — ASSETS '15: Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility

  This paper employs Value Sensitive Design (VSD) to explore opportunities and challenges for exercise technologies designed for people who are blind or low-vision. People with visual impairments are more likely to be obese, maintain inadequate fitness…

  • blindness
  • low vision
  • exercise
  • exergames
  • Value Sensitive Design
  • health
  • fitness
  • auditory feedback
  • haptic feedback

• Design and Real-World Evaluation of Eyes-Free Yoga: An Exergame for Blind and Low-Vision Exercise

  Kyle Rector, Roger Vilardaga, Leo Lansky, Kellie Lu, Cynthia L. Bennett, Richard E. Ladner, Julie A. Kientz (2017) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS)

  This paper presents Eyes-Free Yoga, an accessible exergame using the Microsoft Kinect that acts as a yoga instructor for people who are blind or have low vision, providing personalized auditory feedback based on real-time skeletal tracking. People wi…

  • visual impairment
  • exergame
  • exercise
  • Kinect
  • audio feedback
  • health
  • motivation
  • in-home deployment
  • pose estimation